Isthmus of Corinth

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isthmus landform

The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow land bridge in Greece that links the Peloponnese peninsula to the mainland and separates the Gulf of Corinth from the Saronic Gulf.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form As subject As object
Corinthian Isthmus 0 1
Isthmus 0 1
Isthmus of Corinth (via canal nearby waters) 0 1
Isthmus of Corinth land bridge 0 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf isthmus →
landform →
ancientName Isthmus of Corinth self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Isthmus
ancientPortageRoad Diolkos →
approximateWidth about 6 kilometers at narrowest point →
belongsTo Periphery of Attica (adjacent region) →
Peloponnese →
surface form: Periphery of Peloponnese
canalCompletedIn 1893 →
connects Greek mainland →
Peloponnese →
country Greece →
crossedBy highway connecting Athens and Patras via Corinth →
railway connecting Athens and Peloponnese →
culturalSignificance site of ancient Isthmian Games vicinity →
geologicalType narrow land bridge →
hasCanal Corinth Canal →
hasEconomicRole maritime trade route via Corinth Canal →
hasElevation low-lying coastal terrain →
hasEngineeringProject Corinth Canal →
surface form: Corinth Canal excavation
hasHistoricalUse trade and military transit corridor →
hasInfrastructure Corinth Canal →
hasStrategicRole military control point in antiquity →
hasStructure Diolkos →
hasTourismAttraction Corinth Canal viewpoints →
Diolkos →
surface form: remains of Diolkos
hasTransportationRoute railway line between Athens and Peloponnese →
road network between Athens and Peloponnese →
historicalRegion Greek Antiquity →
surface form: Ancient Greece
knownFor shortest land connection between Aegean and Ionian maritime routes →
locatedIn Corinthia →
locatedNear Corinth →
surface form: City of Corinth
locatedOnContinent Europe →
nearCity Corinth →
Loutraki →
nearSanctuary Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia →
surface form: Sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia
nearSea Aegean Sea →
Ionian Sea →
partOf Greek peninsula system →
region Central Greece NERFINISHED →
separates Gulf of Corinth →
Saronic Gulf →
separatesRegion central Greece →
surface form: Central Greece from Peloponnese
strategicImportance controls land access to Peloponnese →
usedFor overland portage of ships in antiquity →
waterBodyOnEast Saronic Gulf →
waterBodyOnWest Gulf of Corinth →

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isthmus of Corinth → ancientName → Isthmus of Corinth self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Isthmus
Peloponnese → connectedBy → Isthmus of Corinth →
Saronic Gulf → connectedTo → Isthmus of Corinth →
this entity surface form: Isthmus of Corinth (via canal nearby waters)
Southern Greece → contains → Isthmus of Corinth →
Corinthia → crossedBy → Isthmus of Corinth →
this entity surface form: Isthmus of Corinth land bridge
Corinthia → hasPart → Isthmus of Corinth →
Corinth Canal → locatedIn → Isthmus of Corinth →
Megara → locatedNear → Isthmus of Corinth →
Corinth → locatedOn → Isthmus of Corinth →
Corinthia → locatedOn → Isthmus of Corinth →
Isthmian Games → location → Isthmus of Corinth →
Corinthian War → mainTheater → Isthmus of Corinth →
this entity surface form: Corinthian Isthmus