Isthmus of Ak-Monay

Coordinates: 45°12′36″N 35°31′34″E / 45.21000°N 35.52611°E / 45.21000; 35.52611

Map of Kerch Peninsula, the isthmus left

Isthmus of Ak-Monay (Russian: Ак-Монайский перешеек, Ukrainian: Ак-Монайський перешийок, Crimean Tatar: Aq Manay boynu, Акъ Манай бойну) or Isthmus of Parpach (Russian: Парпачский перешеек) - restriction to 17 km of the Crimea Peninsula between Gulf of Feodosia (Black Sea) on South and Sivash and Bay of Arabat (Sea of Azov) on North. The isthmus connecting Kerch Peninsula to the mainland of Crimea.

The names was given by the former names of the villages Kamenskoe (Ak-Monay) and Yachmennoe (Parpach).

Sources

Гриневецкий С. Р., Зонн И. С., Жильцов С. С. Ак-Монайский перешеек // Черноморская энциклопедия. М.: Международные отношения, 2006. — ISBN 5-7133-1273-9

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