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Bering River
Bering may refer to: * Vitus Bering (1681–1741), Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy * Maritime features of Alaska/Siberia region: ** Bering Sea, body of water in the North Pacific Ocean ** Bering Strait, sea strait between Russia and Alaska ** Bering Island, off Kamchatka Peninsula in Bering Sea ** Bering land bridge, Pleistocene-ice-ages route between continents * Bering (surname) * Bering (horse), Thoroughbred racer * Bering, East Sikkim, small village in East Sikkim, India * Bering Truck, former American truck manufacturer and distributor See also * Baring (other) * Bearing (other) Bearing(s) may refer to: * Bearing (angle), a term for direction * Bearing (mechanical), a component that separates moving parts and takes a load * Bridge bearing, a component separating a bridge pier and deck * Bearing BTS Station in Bangkok * ' ... * Behring (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitus Bering
Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681 – 19 December 1741),All dates are here given in the Julian calendar, which was in use throughout Russia at the time. also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish cartographer and explorer in Russian service, and an officer in the Russian Navy. He is known as a leader of two Russian expeditions, namely the First Kamchatka Expedition and the Great Northern Expedition, exploring the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier, and Vitus Lake were all named in his honor. Taking to the seas as a ship's boy at the age of fifteen, Bering travelled extensively over the next eight years, as well as taking naval training in Amsterdam. In 1704, he enrolled with the rapidly expanding Russian navy of Tsar Peter I (Peter the Great). After serving with the navy in significant but non-combat roles during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Americas. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelf, continental shelves. The Bering Sea is named for Vitus Bering, a Denmark, Danish navigator in Russian service, who, in 1728, was the first European to systematically explore it, sailing from the Pacific Ocean northward to the Arctic Ocean. The Bering Sea is separated from the Gulf of Alaska by the Alaska Peninsula. It covers over and is bordered on the east and northeast by Alaska, on the west by the Russian Far East and the Kamchatka Peninsula, on the south by the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands and on the far north by the Bering Strait, which connects the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bering Island
Bering Island (russian: о́стров Бе́ринга, ''ostrov Beringa'') is located off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Bering Sea. Description At long by wide, it is the largest and westernmost of the Commander Islands, with an area of . Most of Bering Island and several of the smaller islands in their entirety are now part of the Komandorsky Zapovednik nature preserve. Bering Island is treeless, desolate and experiences severe weather, including high winds, persistent fog and earthquakes. It had no year-round human residents until roughly 1826. Now, the village of Nikolskoye is home to 800 people, roughly three hundred of them identifying as Aleuts. The island's small population is involved mostly in fishing. off Bering Island's western shore lies small Toporkov Island (Ostrov Toporkov) . It is a round island with a diameter of . History In 1741 Commander Vitus Bering, sailing in ''Svyatoy Pyotr'' (''St. Peter'') for the Russian Navy, was shipwrecked and died o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bering Land Bridge
Beringia is defined today as the land and maritime area bounded on the west by the Lena River in Russia; on the east by the Mackenzie River in Canada; on the north by 72 degrees north latitude in the Chukchi Sea; and on the south by the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It includes the Chukchi Sea, the Bering Sea, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi Peninsula, Chukchi and Kamchatka Peninsulas in Russia as well as Alaska in the United States and the Yukon in Canada. The area includes land lying on the North American Plate and Siberian land east of the Chersky Range. At certain times in prehistory, it formed a land bridge that was up to wide at its greatest extent and which covered an area as large as British Columbia and Alberta together, totaling approximately . Today, the only land that is visible from the central part of the Bering land bridge are the Diomede Islands, the Pribilof Islands of St. Paul and St. George, St. Lawrence Island, St. Matthew Island, and King Island (Alaska), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bering (surname)
Bering is a surname. Notable people with the name surname include: *Vitus Bering (1681–1741), Danish navigator and cartographer, namesake of the Bering Sea and Bering Strait *Vitus Bering (1617–1675), Danish poet and historian *Jesse Bering (born 1975), American psychologist and author *Jonas Bering (born 1975), French musician and songwriter *Myka Bering, fictional character in the TV series ''Warehouse 13'' See also *Bering (other) *Baring (surname) Baring is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Baring family, a German-British banking family *Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774–1848), British banker *Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835–1889), British landown ... * Behring (other) {{Surname, Bering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bering (horse)
Bering (20 March 1983 – 16 December 2011) was a British- bred, French- trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He won five of his seven starts, including the Prix du Jockey Club in 1986. On his final start he finished second to Dancing Brave in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was bred and owned by Alec Head, and trained by his daughter Criquette Head. After retiring from racing Bering had some success as a stallion, with his progeny including 2000 Guineas Stakes winner Pennekamp and Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner American Post. Background Bering was a chestnut colt bred by Alec Head and foaled in 1983. He was sired by Arctic Tern, who won the Prix Ganay in 1977. His dam was Beaune, a stakes winning daughter of Lyphard. Racing career 1985: Two-year-old season In his first Bering finished third in a 1,600 metre race at Longchamp on 5 October 1985. He followed this up a month later by winning a 1,700 metre race at Maisons-Laffitte. He was ridden by Freddy Head on bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bering, East Sikkim
Bering or Biring is a small village at Pakyong sub-division in the Pakyong District of Sikkim. It is 13 km away towards east from Pakyong Market. This small village is inhabited by Sharma, Chettri, Limboo, Rai communities. In the lower belt Sharma are in majority - Ghimire, Bastola, Bhattarai, Thapa, Kharka, Budathoki, Gotamey, Bogoti Khatiwara etc. are among the subcaste living in this area. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of this area. Ginger, Amliso, are the main cash crop of this area. Paddy, maize, Millet, wheat are the cereal crop. Nearest town from this village is Pakyong in west and Rongli in east. This village falls under Pakyong Block development Office. Etymology The name Biring has multiple definitions. Some say that it's a corrupted version of Bu ring, a Bhutia word where bu stands for snake and ring stands for long. Others disagree. They believe Biring is a Lepcha word which means "full of bamboo", as this area was once densely packed with ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bering Truck
The Bering Truck Corporation was an American manufacturer and distributor of trucks, headquartered in Front Royal, Virginia and Orange Walk, Belize. It distributed Hyundai-made trucks with American automotive components. History Established and founded in 1997 in Front Royal, Virginia, Bering Truck was the first new American truck manufacturer and distributor established in over 70 years. In partnership with Hyundai Motor Company of Korea, three classes of trucks were launched into the US market. The first trucks were sold in 1999 and in one year, Bering was the fastest growing US truck company having sold more than 1,400 trucks. Bering was forced to cease operations in 2001 after its sole supplier entered into a relationship with Daimler-Chrysler and terminated the Bering agreements. Litigation ensued; in an international arbitration between Bering and Hyundai, the arbitration panel found (in 2004) that Hyundai had breached its agreements with Bering in bad faith. A federal an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baring (other)
Baring may refer to one of the following People * Baring (surname) * Baring family German-British Baring family * Family Name of the Earl of Cromer * Family Name of the Baron & Earl of Northbrook * Family Name of the Baron Ashburton * Family Name of the Baron Howick of Glendale * Family Name of the Baron Revelstoke Places * Baring, Victoria, Australia * Baring, Saskatchewan, Canada * Cape Baring, Northwest Territories, Canada * Baring, Missouri, US * Baring, Washington, US * Baring Plantation, Maine, US * Båring, Denmark Banks * Barings LLC, the successor of Barings Bank * Barings Bank, a bank created in 1762 and closed in 1995 * Baring Private Equity Asia, an Asian private equity firm Ships * ''Baring'' (1801 Indiaman), a merchant vessel of the East India Company, later a convict transport * ''Baring'' (1809 ship), a merchant vessel Other uses * Baring Road See also *Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), English antiquarian and writer * William S. Baring-Gould (1913– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bearing (other)
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Bearing(s) may refer to: * Bearing (angle), a term for direction * Bearing (mechanical), a component that separates moving parts and takes a load * Bridge bearing, a component separating a bridge pier and deck * Bearing BTS Station in Bangkok * ''Bearings'' (album), by Ronnie Montrose in 2000 See also * Bering (other) * Baring (other) Baring may refer to one of the following People * Baring (surname) * Baring family German-British Baring family * Family Name of the Earl of Cromer * Family Name of the Baron & Earl of Northbrook * Family Name of the Baron Ashburton * Family N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
