List of spits (landforms)

List of spits (landforms)

There are many examples of spits around the world. Some of which include:

Azov Sea

* Arabat Spit, Ukraine
* Dolgaya Spit, Russia

Baltic Sea

* Curonian Spit, Russia/Lithuania
* Vistula Spit, Poland/Russia
* Hel Spit

Canada

*Leslie Street Spit (artificial), Toronto, Ontario
*Toronto Islands (former spit, now detached), Toronto, Ontario
*Long Point, Ontario
*Point Peele, 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 [http://www.surrey.ca/Living+in+Surrey/Parks+and+Recreation/Parks+and+Environment/Park+Locations+and+Amenities/Parks+by+Community+Area/South+Surrey/Blackie+Spit+Park.htm]
* Sidney Spit, Sidney Island, British Columbia

Hong Kong

*Pui O, Lantau
*Tsim Sha Tsui before infilling

Ireland

*Inch Strand, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry.

Jamaica

*Palisadoes, Kingston, Jamaica

New Zealand

*Aramoana, Otago
*Farewell Spit, South Island

United Kingdom

*Blakeney Point, Norfolk
*Calshot Spit, Hampshire
*Dawlish Warren, Devon
*Hurst Castle, Hampshire
*Orford Ness, Suffolk
*Spurn Head, Yorkshire
*Hengistbury Head, Dorset
*East Head Spit, Hampshire

United States

*Clatsop Spit, Oregon
*Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska
*Kotzebue, Alaska
*Sandy Hook, New Jersey
*Ocean City, Maryland is built on a spit though it is commonly misinterpreted as a barrier island.
*Dungeness Spit, Sequim, Washington
*Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
*Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota Also referred to by locals as "Park Point", it's also said to be the world's largest natural spit.
*Provincetown Spit, Provincetown, Massachusetts
*Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia


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