Little Diomede facing Toward Big Diomede Island (CLICK PICTURE)) The Little Diomede island is believed to be a Tuya type mountain and remains from the Bering land bridge. Little Diomede is the smaller of the two Diomede Islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between the Alaska mainland and Siberia. Its neighboring island Big Diomede, Russia behind the International Date Line is less than 2.4 miles away. On the western shore of the island is the village of Diomede, also known as Inalik. |
