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Chukchi Sea
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Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea
is a
marginal sea
of the
Arctic Ocean
. It is bounded on the west by the
De Long Strait
, off
Wrangel Island
, and in the east by
Point Barrow
,
Alaska
, beyond which lies the
Beaufort Sea
. The
Bering Strait
forms its southernmost limit and connects it to the
Bering Sea
and the
Pacific Ocean
. The principal port on the Chukchi Sea is
Uelen
in Russia. The
International Date Line
crosses the Chukchi Sea from northwest to southeast. It is displaced eastwards to avoid Wrangel Island as well as the
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
on the Russian
mainland
.
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