Showing posts with label near islands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label near islands. Show all posts

21 Feb 2026

Near Islands

No, I'd never heard of these either!  

Apparently, they are part of the Aleutian Islands off Alaska and they belong to the USA. 

They are in the Baring Strait dividing Russia and the USA by just a few miles.

They came up when I was wondering why the International Date Line was not straight!

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Islands