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Diomede Islands

island group in the Bering Strait
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Summary

Diomede Islands is an island group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of island group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,793 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[3], Alaska[4]
  • Country: Russia[5], United States[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Bering Strait[7]
  • Named after: Diomedes of Tarsus[8]
  • Commons category: Diomede Islands[9]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−09:00[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: August 16, 1728[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Diomede Islands[12]
  • Commons gallery: Diomede Islands[13]
  • Population: 115[14]
  • Described by source: Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16]
  • Elevation above sea level: 505 m[17]
  • Area: 37 km²[18]

Why It Matters

Diomede Islands has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Alaska Big Diomede Russia United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Diomede Islands
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+505'}
    Country → —
    Located in → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ State catalogue of geographical names (russia) id: 0156642"
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