Médanos Isthmus

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.

Satellite image of the Médanos isthmus and the Paraguaná Peninsula

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

References

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

11°36′00″N 69°43′30″W


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