sand spit

C4795
concept

A sand spit is a narrow, elongated ridge of sand or gravel that extends from the shore into a body of water, formed by the deposition of sediment carried by longshore currents.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
sand spit canonical 21
shingle spit 6
spit of land 3

Instances (38)

Instance Via concept surface
Arabat Arrow
Curonian Spit
Dungeness Spit
Long Point
Kachelotplate sandbank island
Nauset Spit
Orfordness shingle spit
Orford Ness National Nature Reserve shingle spit
Klaipėda
surface form: Curonian Spit
North Bull Island
Breezy Point Tip
Yeysk Spit spit of land
Spurn Point spit of land
Berdyansk Spit spit of land
Minnesota Point
Orford, Suffolk
surface form: Orford Ness
shingle spit
Richel sandbar island
Langue de Barbarie
Netarts Spit
Point Walter
Bayocean Peninsula
Arabatska Strilka
Mierzeja Wiślana sandspit
Farewell Spit / Onetahua sandspit
Palompon, Leyte
surface form: Kalanggaman Island
sandbar island
Long Point (Provincetown, Massachusetts) sandy spit
Limantour Spit
The Point
surface form: The Point (Cape Henlopen)
sandy spit
Paracas Peninsula desert coastal landform
Tróia Peninsula
Jibei sand spit
Dollymount
surface form: Bull Island
Palisadoes tombolo
Palisadoes
Calshot Spit shingle spit
Hurst Spit shingle spit
Calshot shingle spit
Raven Point