Isthmus of Tehuantepec
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, thereby also making it the natural border between North America and Central America, especially to those who classify the two as mutually exclusive.
- Isthmus
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (300 feet)
- Description: shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean
- Also known as“Istmo de Tehuantepec”“Tehuantepec”“Tehuantepec Route”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Estación Sarabia.
Estación Sarabia
Village
Estacion Sarabia is a town in Oaxaca, Mexico, located… Estación Sarabia is situated 8 km north of Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
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Latitude
17° north
Longitude
-95° or 95° west
Open location code
76972222+22
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Isthmus of Tehuantepec” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Isthmus e Tehuantepec”
- Albanian: “Istmi i Tehuantepekut”
- Arabic: “برزخ تيهوانتيبيك”
- Azerbaijani: “Teuantepek bərzəği”
- Azerbaijani: “Teuantepek”
- Basque: “Tehuantepec istmoa”
- Basque: “Tehuantepec”
- Basque: “Tehuantepeceko istmoa”
- Breton: “Strizh-douar Tehuantepec”
- Bulgarian: “Теуантепек”
- Catalan: “Istme de Tehuantepec”
- Cebuano: “Istmo de Tehuantepec”
- Chinese: “特万特佩克地峡”
- Chinese: “特萬特佩克地峽”
- Croatian: “Tehuantepec”
- Czech: “Tehuantepecká šíje”
- Dutch: “Isthmus van Tehuantepec”
- Dutch: “Istmo de Tehuantepec”
- Dutch: “Istmus van Tehuantepec”
- Dutch: “Landengte van Tehuantepec”
- Esperanto: “Istmo de Tehuantepeko”
- Esperanto: “Tehuantepa istmo”
- Esperanto: “terkolo de Tehuantepeko”
- Estonian: “Tehuantepeci maakitsus”
- Finnish: “Tehuantepecinkannas”
- French: “Isthme de Tehuantepec”
- Galician: “Istmo de Tehuantepec”
- Georgian: “ტეუანტეპეკის ყელი”
- German: “Isthmus von Tehuantepec”
- Hebrew: “מצר טהואנטפק”
- Hebrew: “מצר טוואנטפק”
- Hungarian: “Tehuantepeci-földszoros”
- Indonesian: “Tanah genting Tehuantepec”
- Italian: “Istmo di Tehuantepec”
- Japanese: “テワンテペク地峡”
- Japanese: “テワンテペック地峡”
- Korean: “테우안테펙 지협”
- Latvian: “Tevantepekas zemesšaurums”
- Lithuanian: “Tehuantepeko sąsmauka”
- Macedonian: “Тевантепек”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Istmo de Tehuantepec”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tehuantepec-eidet”
- Norwegian: “Tehuantepeceidet”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Istme de Tehuantepec”
- Persian: “باریکه تهوانتپک”
- Persian: “باریکه توانتپک”
- Polish: “Przesmyk Tehuantepec”
- Polish: “Tehuantepec”
- Portuguese: “Istmo de Tehuantepec”
- Romanian: “Isthmus von Tehuantepec”
- Romanian: “Istmul de la Tehuantepec”
- Russian: “Тегуантепек, перешеек”
- Russian: “Теуантепек (перешеек)”
- Russian: “Теуантепек”
- Russian: “Теуантепекский перешеек”
- Serbian: “Tevantepek”
- Serbian: “Превлака Тевантепек”
- Serbian: “Тевантепек”
- Slovak: “Tehuantepecká šija”
- Slovenian: “Prevlaka Tehuantepec”
- Slovenian: “Tehuantepeška ožina”
- Slovenian: “Tehuantepeška zemeljska ožina”
- Slovenian: “Tehuantepeško medmorje”
- Spanish: “Ciudades más grandes del Istmo de Tehuantepec”
- Spanish: “Istmo de Tehuantepec”
- Spanish: “Itsmo de Tehuantepec”
- Swedish: “Istmo de Tehuantepec”
- Swedish: “Tehuantepecnäset”
- Ukrainian: “Перешийок Теуантепек”
- Ukrainian: “Теуантепек”
- Ukrainian: “Теуантепецький перешийок”
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