Tag:natural=isthmus

natural = 
Description
A narrow strip of land, bordered by water on both sides and connecting two larger land masses Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: natural
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Requires

name=*

See also
Status: approvedPage for proposal
More details at taginfo
Tools for this tag

The tag natural= is used to tag a named isthmus: a narrow strip of land, bordered by water on both sides and connecting two larger land masses. This tag can also be used for tombolos, which are isthmuses consisting of sand.

An isthmus is a natural feature and thus natural= is not intended to be used for embankments, e.g. Hindenburgdamm (attention: non-standard usage of man_made=embankment in example). However, it is possible that an isthmus has been reinforced with embankments, e.g. La Coupée (location).

How to map

Set a node node in the center of the isthmus or draw an area area encompassing the isthmus and add natural= + name=*.

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