Russia
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
1,167km²
Area
262km
Coastline
755m
Highest point
613
People
11°C
Warmest sea
August
176km
To the mainland
When to go to Bering Island
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (11 °C) and coolest in February (2 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Russian island in the Bering Sea, part of Commander Islands
Bering Island is an island in Russia. It covers 1,167 km², with 262 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 755 m. About 613 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 176 km away.
Getting there
- 176 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Bering Island.
- 2beaches
- 5viewpointsSevero-Zapadnoye rookery of marine mammals, Severnoye rookery of marine mammals and 3 more
- 5named peaks
- 32waterfalls
- 2ruins and archaeological sitesSaint Peter Shipwreck
- 11campsites
- 1hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 1restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Bering Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Bering Island, each with its own numbers.
3mountainsPeakyas
4lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
30.3km²
Sarannoye Lake
according to Lakeyas
3 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Gora Stellera
- Gora Malaya Stolovaya
- Gora Gavanskaya
4 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Sarannoye Lake30.3km²
- Gavanskoe4.8km²
- Ozero Shanginskoye1.3km²
- Lisinskoe1.2km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 149 m above the sea. 72 % of it is below 200 m.
- 25 %0–50 m
- 46 %50–200 m
- 27 %200–500 m
- 2 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
50 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Nikol’skoye613 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Night low (°C) | -3 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | -2 |
| Sea (°C) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Rain (mm) | 73 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 94 | 89 | 99 | 93 | 89 |
| Wet days | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Wind (km/h) | 32 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 33 | 33 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.4 | −0.6 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +1.7 | +1.6 | −0.2 | −0.6 | −0.3 | +0.5 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | −0.6 | −1.2 | −0.7 | −0.4 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +1.6 | +2.3 | +2.0 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +1.3 |
| 2022 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +1.9 | +2.3 | +4.2 | +3.1 | +2.1 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +1.6 |
| 2023 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +2.1 | +2.1 | +1.4 | +0.8 | +0.4 |
| 2024 | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.5 | +1.0 | +0.1 | +1.1 | +0.7 | −0.4 | −0.7 | +0.7 |
| 2025 | +0.8 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +1.4 | +1.5 | +1.7 | +2.0 | +2.5 | +2.1 | +1.9 | +0.9 | +0.9 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
Nearby
More islands nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q193962) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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