If you look at the geographical map, Russia and the USA seem to be countries located at a great distance. However, scientists argue that there is one point on Earth where the boundaries of the countries are only a little less than 4 kilometers at a distance, IFLScience writes.

We are talking about two tiny islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait at a distance of only 3.8 kilometers from each other. On the Russian side there is a large diomid, the area of \u200b\u200bwhich is a little more than 10 square kilometers. Historically, this island was the home for the Inopiatians, like small diomid, but now there is no permanent population on the island, after the indigenous population of the island was forcibly relocated to the mainland of Russia in 1948. Today there is only a weather station on the island.

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Small diomid is a smaller of the two islands and belongs to the United States. Researchers note that the area of \u200b\u200bthe island is only about 7 kilometers, and as of 2021, its population was only 82 people. This small number of residents live in one community called Diomid, which is located on the western side of the island addressed to Russia.

Scientists note that a short gap between the islands of Diomid is also the location of the international line of a change in dates. In simple words, despite the tiny distance between the islands, the time on a large diomide is ahead of the time on small diomide for 21 hours. As a result, two islands received several very suitable nicknames: the big is the "

If you want to make a time travel between them, you can also theoretically travel to the only place where you can go between the United States and Russia. The fact is that the waters separating the island freeze in winter.

However, this journey is only theoretically possible, since in reality swimming between the islands is prohibited.

However, this was not always. About 25,000 years ago on Earth was the last ice age, during which a significant amount of water froze. As a result, the sea level was 91 meters lower, and, as a result, the islands of Diomid would not be islands at all - they would be part of the land bridge.

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