Isthmus of Perekop

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isthmus land bridge

The Isthmus of Perekop is the narrow land bridge that links the Crimean Peninsula to the Ukrainian mainland and has long held major strategic and military importance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Perekop Isthmus	12
Isthmus of Perekop canonical	11
Isthmus of Perekop defensive line	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	isthmus ⓘ land bridge ⓘ
adjacentTo	Perekop Bay ⓘ Syvash ⓘ surface form: Syvash lagoons
borderRegionOf	Crimea ⓘ Kherson Governorate ⓘ surface form: Kherson region
connects	Crimea ⓘ surface form: Crimean Peninsula Ukrainian mainland ⓘ
controlsAccessTo	Crimea ⓘ surface form: Crimean Peninsula
country	Ukraine ⓘ
geologicalFeature	low-lying land strip ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Isthmus of Perekop ⓘ surface form: Perekop Isthmus
hasFortificationsSince	medieval period ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	Battle of Perekop (1941) ⓘ Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) ⓘ Siege of Perekop (1736) ⓘ Operation Barbarossa ⓘ surface form: World War II Eastern Front operations
hasInfrastructure	border checkpoints ⓘ highways ⓘ
hasMilitarySignificanceSince	at least early modern period ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement	Armyansk ⓘ Perekop ⓘ
hasPart	Perekop ⓘ Perekop Isthmus fortifications ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance	military ⓘ transportation ⓘ
hasWaterBodyOnEast	Syvash ⓘ
hasWaterBodyOnWest	Black Sea ⓘ
historicallyControlledBy	Crimean Khanate ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
knownFor	strategic choke point ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ
locatedIn	Crimea ⓘ Kherson Governorate ⓘ surface form: Kherson Oblast
locatedOn	northern Crimea ⓘ
partOf	land border between Crimea and mainland Ukraine ⓘ
region	Eastern Europe ⓘ
separates	Black Sea ⓘ Syvash ⓘ
strategicRole	defensive line for Crimea ⓘ invasion route into Crimea ⓘ
terrainType	steppe ⓘ
traversedBy	railway lines ⓘ roads ⓘ
usedFor	land access to Crimea ⓘ
width	approximately 5 to 7 kilometers ⓘ