The Chonhar Strait or Chongar Strait^[1] (Ukrainian: Чонгарська протока; Russian: Чонгарский пролив; Crimean Tatar: Çonğar boğazı) is a short, shallow, narrow strait in Ukraine, separating the eastern and western portions of the Syvash, the shallow lagoon system separating Crimea from the mainland east of the Isthmus of Perekop.

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Chonhar Strait
Чонгарська протока (Ukrainian)
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Coordinates	45°59′12.0″N 34°33′07.0″E
Type	Strait
Basin countries	Ukraine
Max. length	80–150 m (260–490 ft)
Min. width	300 m (980 ft)
Max. depth	3 m (9.8 ft)

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The Chonhar Strait separates Chonhar Peninsula in the north (on the mainland, and containing the village of Chonhar) from the Tup-Dzhankoi Peninsula in the south (in Crimea). The strait is about 300 metres (980 ft) long, varying in width from 80–150 metres (260–490 ft) and is less than 3 metres (9.8 ft) deep.^[2] Two road bridges [uk; ru] cross the strait. One carries the Ukrainian M18 highway, which is part of European route E105 running from northern Norway to Yalta. The old bridge, located further south, is abandoned.^{[citation needed]} There is no railway bridge across the strait, but a rail bridge a few kilometres west at Syvash village (also on Chonhar Peninsula) is sometimes also called "Chonhar Bridge".^{[citation needed]}