Isthmus of Perekop

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A map with the Isthmus of Perekop.
A map with the Isthmus of Perekop.

The Isthmus of Perekop (Ukrainian: Перекопський перешийок; translit. Perekops'kyy pereshyyok; Russian: Перекопский перешеек; translit. Perekopskiy peresheek Crimean Tatar: Or boynu) is the narrow, three- to four-mile-wide strip of land that connects the peninsula of Crimea to the continent.

Its original name, in Crimean Tatar, is Or.

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