List of geographical spits
Appearance
There are many examples of spits around the world. Some of which include:
Azov Sea
Baltic Sea
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 [1]
- Sidney Spit, Sidney Island, British Columbia
Hong Kong
- Pui O, Lantau
- Tsim Sha Tsui before infilling
Ireland
Jamaica
New Zealand
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 freshwater natural spit.
- Provincetown Spit, Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia