List of geographical spits
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There are many examples of spits around the world. Some of which include:
By sea
[edit | edit source]Azov Sea
[edit | edit source]- Achuevsk Spit
- Beglitsk Spit
- Chushka Spit
- Dolgaya Spit
- Glafirovsk Spit
- Kamyshevatsk Spit
- Petrushino Spit
- Sazalniksk Spit
- Yasensk Spit
- Yeysk Spit
Baltic Sea
[edit | edit source]Skagerrak
[edit | edit source]By country
[edit | edit source]Australia
[edit | edit source]- Lefevre Peninsula, Adelaide, South Australia
- Letitia Spit, Fingal Head, New South Wales
- Sir Richard Peninsula, Goolwa, South Australia
- Southport Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland
- Tobias Spit, 1 km northeast of High Island, Frankland Islands, Queensland
- Younghusband Peninsula, Coorong, South Australia
Brunei
[edit | edit source]- Seri Kenangan Beach, Pekan Tutong, Tutong
- Pelumpong Spit, Serasa, Brunei-Muara
- Serasa Beach, Serasa, Brunei-Muara
Canada
[edit | edit source]- Toronto Islands (former spit, now detached), Toronto, Ontario
- Leslie Street Spit, man-made spit created as part of new harbour project
- Long Point, Ontario
- Point Pelee, Ontario on Lake Erie
- Rondeau Provincial Park - a crescentric sand spit on Lake Erie
- Blackie Spit (east section of the Crescent Beach), South Surrey, British Columbia [1]
- Sidney Spit, Sidney Island, British Columbia
- La Dune de Bouctouche, Bouctouche, New Brunswick[2]
- Whiffen Spit, Sooke, British Columbia
- West Pen Island, Nunavut
China
[edit | edit source]Hong Kong
[edit | edit source]- Central ferry pier
- Discovery bay
- Pui O, Lantau
- Stanley
- Tsim Sha Tsui before infilling
Croatia
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- Zlatni Rat, on island Brač
Denmark
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Ireland
[edit | edit source]- Inch Strand, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry.
- Donabate Beach, Donabate, County Dublin.
- Portrane Beach, Portrane, County Dublin.
Jamaica
[edit | edit source]New Zealand
[edit | edit source]Pakistan
[edit | edit source]Russia
[edit | edit source]Singapore
[edit | edit source]Spain
[edit | edit source]Turkey
[edit | edit source]- Kum Adası, Çardak, Çanakkale
- Kumada, Altınova, Balıkesir
United Kingdom
[edit | edit source]Wales
[edit | edit source]England
[edit | edit source]- Blakeney Point, Norfolk
- Calshot Spit, Hampshire
- Chesil Beach, Dorset
- Dawlish Warren, Devon
- Hengistbury Head, Dorset
- Hurst Spit, Hampshire
- Mudeford Spit, Dorset
- Orford Ness, Suffolk
- Spurn Head, Yorkshire
- Westward Ho! Pebbleridge, Devon
United States
[edit | edit source]- Bodie Island and the Currituck Banks, on both sides of the border between Virginia and North Carolina, the northernmost of the Outer Banks
- Clatsop Spit, Oregon
- Deveaux Bank, South Carolina
- Dungeness Spit, Sequim, Washington, the longest natural sand spit in the United States.
- Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, Washington
- Fenwick Island, on both sides of the border of Delaware and Maryland
- Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska
- Kotzebue, Alaska
- Long Point, Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod
- Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota Also referred to by locals as "Park Point", it's also said to be the world's largest freshwater natural spit.
- Platinum, Alaska
- Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Provincetown Spit, Massachusetts
- Sandy Hook, New Jersey
- The Spit, Scituate, Massachusetts
- Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia