The Governorate of Bering (Russian: Беринговская губерния, Beringovskaya guberniya), colloquially known as Bering (Беринг), is a governorate of Alaska. The governorate is bordered by the Far North and New Irkutsk to the east, Shelikof to the south, and a maritime border with the Russian Federation to the west. The majority of Bering's population is located along the coast of the Norton Sound, with the provincial capital and largest city being Nakovalenny. The governorate was named after Vitus Bering, a Danish-Russian explorer who led the first expeditions to the area in the 18th Century.