Tombolo
see also: Etymology of Tombolo
See also: Tombolo (homonymy)
A tombolo is a Offshore bar connecting one two terrestrial extents, like a island or a small island at the coast of a continent or of another island. The sedimentary deposit (generally sandy) is generally caused by the Réfraction of the train of waves due to the island: this one protects the zone located between it and the other terrestrial extent, causing the deposit of sand at the place where the waves meet.
Examples
- Australia:
- Barrenjoey, News-Wales of the South, Australia
- Fingal Bay, News-Wales of the South, Australia
- the Mersey Not, Shoalwater, Western Australia
- Canada:
- provincial Park Peninsula, Ontario
- Islands of the Madeleine, Quebec
- Spain: Cadiz
- the United States:
- Island Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
- Island Charles, Connecticut
- Nahant, Massachusetts
- France:
- Peninsula of Quiberon
- Peninsula of Giens (double tombolo)
- Greece: Monemvasia, Laconie, Peloponnese
- HongKong: Cheung Chau
- Ireland:
- Howth Head, Dublin
- Maharees, Peninsula of Dingle
- Jamaica: Palisadoes, Kingston
- New Zealand:
- Mount Maunganui
- Peninsula Aupouri
- the United Kingdom:
- Chesil Beach, Dorset, England
- Dawlish Warren, Devon, England
- Kettla Born, Burra, the Shetland, Scotland
- Langness, Castletown Bay, island of Man
- Llandudno, Wales
- St Ninian' S Isle, the Shetland, Scotland
- Yei off Huney, Huney, the Shetland, Scotland
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: Miquelon and Langlade
- Yemen: isthmus of Aden
See too
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