Isthmus of Tehuantepec

The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in . It represents the shortest distance between the and the Pacific Ocean. Before the opening of the , it was a major overland transport route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean
  • Also known as: “Istmo de Tehuantepec”, “Tehuantepec”, and “Tehuantepec Route”

Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Latitude
17.18358° or 17° 11′ 1″ north
Longitude
-94.59054° or 94° 35′ 26″ west
Open location code
76975CM5+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4858082873
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­isthmus
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q392250
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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”
  • 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: “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”
  • 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 Bokmål: “Tehuantepeceidet”
  • Norwegian: “Tehuantepeceidet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Istme de Tehuantepec”
  • 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 mas grandes del Istmo de Tehuantepec”
  • 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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