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Médanos Isthmus

Coordinates: 11°36′00″N 69°43′30″W / 11.60000°N 69.72500°W

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Satellite image of the Médanos isthmus and the Paraguaná Peninsula

The Médanos Isthmus is a sandy isthmus in Venezuela that connects the Paraguaná Peninsula with the rest of Falcón State. The isthmus is approximately 6 km (3.73 miles) wide and 27 km (16.78 miles) long. It is the site of the Médanos de Coro National Park.

The isthmus is in the Paraguana xeric scrub ecoregion.^[1]

References

^ Alarcón, Clara, Northern South America: Northernwestern Venezuela, WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-04-26

External links

Medanos isthums on iTouchMap

11°36′00″N 69°43′30″W / 11.60000°N 69.72500°W / 11.60000; -69.72500

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