Editing Bering Island (section)

==Description==
At {{cvt|95|km}} long by {{cvt|15|km}} wide, it is the largest and westernmost of the [[Commander Islands]], with an area of {{cvt|1667|km}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268207107_Diatoms_of_Bering_Island_Kamchatka_Russia/download?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoiX2RpcmVjdCJ9fQ |title=Diatoms of Bering Island, Kamchatka, Russia |first1=Marina |last1=Potapova |access-date=8 August 2024 |date=July 2014 |publisher=[[List of E. Schweizerbart serials#N|Nova Hedwigia]]}}</ref> Most of Bering Island and several of the smaller islands in their entirety are now part of the [[Komandorsky Zapovednik]] nature preserve.

Bering Island is treeless, desolate and experiences severe weather, including high winds, persistent fog and earthquakes. It had no year-round human residents until roughly 1826.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Now, the village of [[Nikolskoye, Kamchatka Krai|Nikolskoye]] is home to 800&nbsp;people, roughly three hundred of them identifying as [[Aleut people|Aleuts]]. The island's small population is involved mostly in [[fishing]].

{{convert|2+1/2|mi|km|0|spell=In}} off Bering Island's western shore lies small [[Tufted Puffin Rock|Toporkov Island]] (Ostrov Toporkov) {{Coord|55|12|9|N|165|55|59|E|region:RS-26_type:isle_source:GNIS|name=Toporkov Island}}.<ref name=NGA-TI>{{cite web
|title=Russia, RS26, Toporkov
|publisher=[[GEOnet Names Server]], [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
|url=http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html
|access-date=2008-08-04
|archive-date=2020-04-10
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410113457/http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> It is a round island with a diameter of {{convert|800|m|ft|abbr=on}}.