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 .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Perekop fortress.

Castle
Photo: Btxo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Or Qapi Fortress is a ruined fort located near the settlement of on the Perekop isthmus connecting the peninsula to the Ukrainian mainland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Perekop and Voloshino.

Village
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a village located on the Isthmus connecting the Crimean peninsula to the mainland. It is known for the fortress, which served as the gateway to Crimea.

Village
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
Voloshyne is a village located in Armiansk Municipality, Crimea, on the . The population was 152 as of the 2014 Crimean census. is situated 5 km southwest of Isthmus of Perekop.

Town
Photo: Вальдимар, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Armiansk is a city of regional significance in the northern Crimean peninsula. The status of Crimea has been disputed by Ukraine and Russia since February 2014. is situated 6 km south of Isthmus of Perekop.

Isthmus of Perekop

Latitude
46.15838° or 46° 9′ 30″ north
Longitude
33.67251° or 33° 40′ 21″ east
Open location code
8GRM5M5F+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4876109627
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­isthmus
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Wiki­data ID
Q213214
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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: “Istmus van Perekop”
  • Dutch: “Landengte van Perekop”
  • Dutch: “Perekop”
  • Esperanto: “Perekopa terkolo”
  • Estonian: “Perekopi maakitsus”
  • Finnish: “Perekopin kannas”
  • Finnish: “Perekopinkannas”
  • French: “isthme de Perekop”
  • French: “Isthme de Perekop”
  • French: “Isthme de Pérékop”
  • 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”
  • Japanese: “ペレコプ地峡”
  • Kazakh: “Ор мойнағы”
  • Kirghiz: “Перекоп мойногу”
  • Korean: “페레코프 지협”
  • Latin: “Isthmus Tauricus”
  • Latvian: “Perekopa zemesšaurums”
  • Latvian: “Perekops”
  • Lithuanian: “Perekopas”
  • Lithuanian: “Perekopo sąsmauka”
  • Macedonian: “Перекопски Провлак”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Perekopneset”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Perekopeidet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Perekopneset”
  • 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 ožina”
  • Slovenian: “Perekopska zemeljska ožina”
  • Spanish: “Istmo de Perekop”
  • Swedish: “Or boyuni”
  • Swedish: “Or boyunı”
  • Swedish: “Perekopnäset”
  • Swedish: “Perekopskij peresjejek”
  • Swedish: “Perekopskyj peresjyjok”
  • Tajik: “Гарданаи Перекоп”
  • Tatar: “Ур муены”
  • Turkish: “Or Boynu”
  • Turkish: “Perekop Kıstağı”
  • Turkish: “Perekop”
  • Ukrainian: “Перекопський перешийок”
  • Ukrainian: “Переко́пський переши́йок”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo đất Perekop”
  • Western Frisian: “Lâningte fan Perekop”

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