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2 unusual facts about Narrow Neck


Narrow Neck

Narrow Neck Plateau, in the Blue Mountains, near Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia

Narrow Neck, New Zealand

Until the mid-19th century, Devonport was connected with the rest of the North Shore by a causeway between Ngataringa Bay and the Hauraki Gulf.



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Agnicourt-et-Séchelles

Agnicourt-et-Séchelles consists of two parcels of land joined by a narrow neck with both portions straddling the Highway D58 between Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt and Montcornet.

Gulf of Tadjoura

At the bottom of the Gulf, separated only by a narrow neck of land, lakes are Ghoubet and Assal (54 km ²).

Proposed Book of Mormon geographical setting

While there are disagreements about where the “narrow neck of land” resides, e.g. southern Mexico, Honduras, the Isthmus of Rivas between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Panama, the following list of theories can all be categorized as Central American based.

Strongly influenced by John Lloyd Stephens’ 1841 bestseller, Incident of Travel in Central America, Parley Pratt set various Book of Mormon lands (including, apparently, the narrow neck) farther north and west of Panama.