koʊtʃˈiː lˈaɪz æt ðə nˈɔːɹðɚn ˈɛnd əvə nˈæɹoʊ nˈɛk ʌv lˈænd, ɐbˌaʊt nˈaɪntiːn kˌeɪˈɛm lˈɔŋ ænd lˈɛs ðɐn wˈʌn.sˈɪks kˌeɪˈɛm wˈaɪd ɪn mˈɛni plˈeɪsᵻz, ænd ɪz sˈɛpɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd fɹʌmðə mˈeɪnlənd baɪ ˈɪnlɪts fɹʌmðɪ ɚɹˈeɪbiən sˈiː ænd baɪ ðɪ ˈɛstjuːˌɛɹiz ʌv ɹˈɪvɚz dɹˈeɪnɪŋ fɹʌmðə wˈɛstɚn ɡˈæts.
Kochi lies at the northern end of a narrow neck of land, about 19 km long and less than 1.6 km wide in many places, and is separated from the mainland by inlets from the Arabian sea and by the estuaries of rivers draining from the Western Ghats.