Isthmus of Ak-Monay (russian: Ак-Монайский перешеек, uk, Ак-Монайський перешийок, crh, Aq Manay boynu, Акъ Манай бойну) or Isthmus of Parpach (russian: Парпачский перешеек) - restriction to 17 km of the
Crimea Peninsula
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a po ...
between
Gulf of Feodosia (
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...
) on South and
Sivash
The Syvash or Sivash (Russian and Ukrainian: ; , Cyrillic: Сываш, "dirt"), also known as the or (, ''Gniloye More''; , ''Hnyle More''; , Cyrillic: Чюрюк Денъиз), is a large area of shallow lagoons on the west coast of the Sea ...
and
Bay of Arabat (
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov ( Crimean Tatar: ''Azaq deñizi''; russian: Азовское море, Azovskoye more; uk, Азовське море, Azovs'ke more) is a sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about ) Strait of Kerch, ...
) on North. The isthmus connecting
Kerch Peninsula
The Kerch Peninsula is a major and prominent geographic peninsula located at the eastern end of the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine.
This peninsula stretches eastward toward the Taman peninsula between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Most of the ...
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. —
Ak-Monay
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