List of isthmuses
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This list of isthmuses is an appendix to the article isthmus. The list is sorted by the region of the world in which the isthmus is located. An isthmus ( or ; plural: isthmuses, or occasionally isthmi; from Ancient Greek: ἰσθμός, romanized: isthmos, lit. 'neck') is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water that otherwise separates them. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar.
Africa
Egypt
Isthmus of Mansheya which developed around the man-made Heptastadion connecting the island of Pharos to mainland Alexandria.
Americas
Argentina
Istmo Carlos Ameghino, Province of Chubut
Quetrihué Isthmus of Quetrihué Peninsula in Nahuel Huapi Lake
Brazil
Isthmus at Nova Brasilia, Mel Island, Paraná
British Overseas Territories
Isthmus of East Falkland
Canada
Isthmus of Avalon
Isthmus of Chignecto
Meadow Portage Isthmus
Niagara Peninsula
Prince Edward County Isthmus
Sechelt Isthmus
Central America
Costa Rica
Isthmus of Panama
Isthmus of Rivas, Nicaragua
Chile
Isthmus of Brunswick Peninsula
Isthmus of Muñoz Gamero Peninsula
Ofqui Isthmus, Aisén Region
French Overseas Collectivity
Isthmus of La Dune
Mexico
Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico
United States
Isthmus of Catalina Island
Madison Isthmus
Seattle, Washington
Point Peninsula, New York
Maui, Hawai'i
Venezuela
Médanos Isthmus – links mainland Venezuela to Paraguaná
Asia
The Caucasus region connecting Europe to Asia between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea is sometimes considered an isthmus.
The Isthmus of Kra connecting Malay Peninsula with the mainland of Asia located in southern Thailand.
The Sinai Peninsula forms the Isthmus of Suez between the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea and also forms the Asian border area towards Africa.
The central area of Kushimoto town in the Wakayama prefecture of Japan is located on a narrow isthmus, surrounded on both sides by the Pacific Ocean.
Metro Manila in the Philippines is situated on an isthmus.
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