Isthmus of Perekop

The Isthmus of Perekop, literally the Isthmus of the Trench, is the narrow, 5–7 kilometres wide strip of land that connects the to the mainland of .
  • Type: Isthmus
  • Description: isthmus in Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Isthme de Pérékop”, “Istmus van Perekop”, “Or Boynu”, “Or boyuni”, “Or boyunı”, “Perekop Isthmus”, “Perekopas”, “Perekopin kannas”, “Perekops”, “Perekopska ožina”, “Perekopskij peresjejek”, “Perekopskyj peresjyjok”, “Pyerekop Isthmus”, “Переко́пський переши́йок”, and “ペレコプ地峡”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Filatovka and Piatykhatka.

Village
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Filativka, is a village in the … is situated 2½ km east of Isthmus of Perekop.

Village
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, is a village in the , , . is situated 4 km south of Isthmus of Perekop.

Village
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is a village located in Armiansk Municipality, Crimea. is situated 4½ km west of Isthmus of Perekop.

Isthmus of Perekop

Latitude
46.08333° or 46° 5′ north
Longitude
33.75° or 33° 45′ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8GRM3QM2+82
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Western Frisian—“Isthmus of Perekop” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Or bərzəği”
  • Azerbaijani: “Or bərzəxi”
  • Basque: “Perekopeko istmoa”
  • Belarusian: “Перакопскі перашыек”
  • Belarusian: “Перакопскі пярэсмык”
  • Bulgarian: “Перекопски провлак”
  • Catalan: “istme de Perekop”
  • Catalan: “Istme de Perekop”
  • Cebuano: “Perekopskiy Peresheyek”
  • Chinese: “彼列科普地峡”
  • Chinese: “彼列科普地峽”
  • Chinese: “皮里柯普地峽”
  • Chuvash: “Перекоп пымакĕ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Or boynu”
  • Croatian: “Perekopska prevlaka”
  • Czech: “Perekopská šíje”
  • Dutch: “Landengte van Perekop”
  • Esperanto: “Perekopa terkolo”
  • Estonian: “Perekopi maakitsus”
  • Finnish: “Perekopinkannas”
  • French: “isthme de Perekop”
  • French: “Isthme de Perekop”
  • German: “Landenge von Perekop”
  • Greek: “Ισθμός του Περεκόπ”
  • Hebrew: “מצר פרקופ”
  • Hungarian: “Perekop-földszoros”
  • Hungarian: “Perekopi-földszoros”
  • Indonesian: “Tanah Genting Perekop”
  • Italian: “Istmo di Perekop”
  • Japanese: “ペレコープ地峡”
  • Kazakh: “Ор мойнағы”
  • Kirghiz: “Перекоп мойногу”
  • Korean: “페레코프 지협”
  • Latin: “Isthmus Tauricus”
  • Latvian: “Perekopa zemesšaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Perekopo sąsmauka”
  • Macedonian: “Перекопски Провлак”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Perekopneset”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Perekopeidet”
  • Norwegian: “Perekopeidet”
  • Ossetian: “Перекопы зæхкъубал”
  • Polish: “Przesmyk Perekopski”
  • Portuguese: “Istmo de Perekop”
  • Romanian: “Istmul Perekop”
  • Russian: “Перекопский перешеек”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Perekop”
  • Slovak: “Perekopská šija”
  • Slovenian: “Perekopska zemeljska ožina”
  • Spanish: “Istmo de Perekop”
  • Swedish: “Perekopnäset”
  • Tajik: “Гарданаи Перекоп”
  • Tatar: “Ур муены”
  • Turkish: “Perekop Kıstağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Перекопський перешийок”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo đất Perekop”
  • Western Frisian: “Lâningte fan Perekop”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Filatovka and Pyatikhatka.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Armiansk railway station and Zatoka Filativska Zasukha.

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