{"id":5577,"date":"2021-02-28T15:59:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=5577"},"modified":"2021-02-28T16:01:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T16:01:02","slug":"islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/28\/islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Islands only three miles apart are separated by 19-hour time difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A TikTok user has gone viral after explaining how two islands have a 19-hour time difference despite being just three miles apart.<\/p>\n<p>The Diomede Islands are separated by the International Date Line which passes through the Pacific Ocean and marks the boundary between one calendar day and the next.<\/p>\n<p>It means the island of Big Diomede is almost a day ahead of its neighbour Little Diomede despite sitting side by side in the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5578\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"720\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews.jpg 720w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big Diomede is located on the Russian side while Little Diomede is on the US side.<\/p>\n<p>The ice bridge that forms between the two islands in winter makes it possible, although illegal, to walk the short distance between them and literally travel through time.<\/p>\n<p>It also means it is theoretically possible to walk from Russia to the US and the journey can also be made by sailboat, kayak or swimming.<\/p>\n<p>The astonishing fact was highlighted in a TikTok video demonstrating some of the unusual places on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, a voiceover says: &#8220;There are some weird places in the world. These are the Diomede Islands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They sit on a Date Line. They have a 19-hour time difference even though they are only 2.5 miles apart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One person joked: &#8220;Imagine working on both islands. You could do two eight hour shifts in the same day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A second person said: &#8220;You could be on one island on New Year&#8217;s and go back a year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While another replied &#8220;Double NYE, imagine the hangover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5579\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg\" alt=\"Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid\" width=\"1280\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Islands-only-three-miles-apart-are-separated-by-19-hour-time-difference-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-768x422.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The islands are named after the Greek Saint Diomede. They were discovered by Danish-Russian navigator Vitus Bering on August 16, 1728.<\/p>\n<p>It marks the day on which the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of Saint Diomede.<\/p>\n<div class=\"html-embed\" data-mod=\"htmlEmbed\" data-callback-url=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/article23175113.ece?widgetId=7559925&amp;isCallback=true\" data-observed=\"false\" data-init=\"true\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Native people still live on Little Diomede which has a population of around 110 people.<\/p>\n<p>In Big Diomede, the Soviet government relocated its indigenous population to mainland Russia and the island is only inhabited by military units.<\/p>\n<p>Those living on the Russian side were forcibly resettled in Siberia after the start of the Cold War more than 70 years ago and the border was closed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TikTok user has gone viral after explaining how two islands have a 19-hour 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