arXiv:1001.1243v1 [gr-qc] 8 Jan 2010 $^{∗}$Electronic address: mjamil@camp.nust.edu.pk $^{†}$Electronic address: m˙ufarooq@yahoo.com Phantom Wormholes in (2+1)-dimensions Keywords: Lower dimensional gravity; Wormhole; Phantom energy Mubasher Jamil 1, ∗ and M. Umar Farooq 1, † $^{1}$Center for Advanced Mathematics and Physics, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan Abstract: In this paper, we have constructed a (2+1)-dimensional wormhole using inhomogeneous and anisotropic distribution of phantom energy. We have de- termined the exact form of the equation of state of phantom energy that supports the wormhole structure. Interestingly, this equation of state is linear but variable one and is dependent only on the radial parameter of the model.