List of geographical spits
Appearance
There are many examples of spits around the world. Some of which include:
Australia
- Point Walter's Spit, Western Australia
- Long Spit, Tasmania
- Southport Spit, Queensland
- Wollongong, New South Wales
Baltic Sea
Canada
- Leslie Street Spit, Toronto, Ontario
- Long Point, Ontario
- Blackie Spit (east section of the Crescent Beach), British Columbia [1]
Sidney Spit, Sidney Island, British Columbia
Hong Kong
Ireland
Jamaica
New Zealand
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Calshot Spit, Hampshire
- Dawlish Warren, Devon
- Hurst Castle, Hampshire
- Orford Ness, Suffolk
- Spurn Head, Yorkshire
- Hengistbury Head, Dorset
- Chesil Beach, Dorset
- East Head Spit, Hampshire
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
- Duluth, Minnesota Also referred to by locals as "Park Point", it's also said to be the world's largest natural spit.
- Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia