itus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) (August 12, 1681 in Horsens, Denmark – 19 December [O.S. 8 December] 1741, Bering Island, Russia) was a Danish navigator in the service of the

Kipnuk is located on the west bank of the Kugkaktlik River in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, 85 air miles southwest of

Quinhagak is on the Kanektok River on the east shore of Kuskokwim Bay, less than a mile from the Bering Sea

Nelson Lagoon is located on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula, and sits on a narrow sand spit that separates the coastal areas of Western Alaska from the Bering

The name False Pass is derived from the fact that the Bering Sea side of the strait is extremely shallow and cannot accommodate large vessels.

Gambell is located on the northwest cape of St. Lawrence Island, 200 miles southwest of Nome, in the Bering Sea. The city is 36 miles from the Chukotka Peninsula,

Dillingham also known as Curyung and (for the southwestern section) Kanakanak, is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States.

Chefornak, sits on Chaputnguak; the old village site of Chefornak is about two miles down river from the new village site.