Russia and Alaska are extremely close at their nearest points. The shortest distance between Russia and Alaska across the Bering Strait is about 2.4 miles (3.8 kilometers) between the two small Diomede Islands—Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (U.S.).
If considering the distance between the mainlands of the two countries, the gap is wider, approximately 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) at the Bering Strait's narrowest point between Cape Dezhnev (Russia) and Cape Prince of Wales (Alaska).
