A northern arm of the Pacific between the Russian Far East and Alaska, connected to the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait it lies just south of. Cold, nutrient-rich waters make it one of the most productive fishing grounds on Earth.
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The blue king crab is found in cold waters in the Bering Sea
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It covers over 2,000,000 square kilometers (770,000 sq mi) and is bordered on the east and northeast by Alaska, on the west by the Russian Far East and the Kamchatka Peninsula, on the south by the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands and on the far north by the Bering Strait, which connects the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea.
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58.000°N 178.000°W
Infobox: coordinates, longitude
58.000°N 178.000°W
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