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

The 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) is a narrowing of the Crimea Peninsula to a 17-km width between the Gulf of Feodosia ( Black Sea) to the south and Sivash and the Bay of Arabat ( Sea of Azov) to the north. The isthmus connects Kerch Peninsula to the rest 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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