List of spits (landforms)

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

Contents 1 Baltic Sea 2 Canada 3 Hong Kong 4 Ireland 5 Jamaica 6 New Zealand 7 Ukraine 8 United Kingdom 9 United States

[edit] Baltic Sea

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

[edit] Canada

• Leslie Street Spit (artificial), Toronto, Ontario
• Toronto Islands (former spit, now detached), Toronto, Ontario
• Long Point, Ontario
• Blackie Spit (east section of the Crescent Beach), British Columbia [1]

Sidney Spit, Sidney Island, British Columbia

[edit] Hong Kong

• Pui O, Lantau

[edit] Ireland

• Inch Strand, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry.

[edit] Jamaica

• Palisadoes, Kingston, Jamaica

[edit] New Zealand

• Aramoana, Otago
• Farewell Spit, South Island

[edit] Ukraine

• Arabat Spit, Sea of Azov

[edit] 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

[edit] United States

• Clatsop Spit, Oregon
• Homer Spit, Homer, 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