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09 marzo 2023 alle 17:19aggiornato il 09 marzo 2023 alle 17:14
Tomorrow and Yesterday Island: islands 4 kilometers and 21 hours apart
The Diomedes are divided between the Asian and American continents: close, but the time difference is impressivePer restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
Tomorrow Island (Island of Tomorrow) belongs to Russia, Yesterday Island (Island of Yesterday) is in US territory. They are just 3.7 kilometers apart but have a time difference of 21 hours.
The geographical curiosity is told today on the specialized page Passione Astronomia.
The Diomede Islands are located between the American and Asian continents, "precisely on the border between the Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea (the Bering Strait) and are on both sides of the International Date Line".
their location «makes the larger island (Tomorrow) almost a day ahead of the smaller one (Yesterday). For 21 hours a day the two islands are practically on two different days.
(Unioneonline)
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