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There are many examples of
spits around the world. Some of which include:
By sea
Azov Sea
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Russia
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Ukraine
Baltic Sea
Skagerrak
By country
Australia
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Lefevre Peninsula,
Adelaide,
South Australia
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Letitia Spit,
Fingal Head,
New South Wales
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Sir Richard Peninsula,
Goolwa,
South Australia
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Southport Spit,
Gold Coast,
Queensland
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Tobias Spit, 1 km northeast of High Island,
Frankland Islands, Queensland
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Younghusband Peninsula,
Coorong,
South Australia
Brunei
Canada
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Toronto Islands (former spit, now detached),
Toronto, Ontario
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Leslie Street Spit, man-made spit created as part of new harbour project
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Long Point,
Ontario
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Point Pelee, Ontario on
Lake Erie
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Rondeau Provincial Park - a crescentric sand spit on
Lake Erie
- Blackie Spit (east section of the
Crescent Beach),
South Surrey,
British Columbia
[1]
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Sidney Spit,
Sidney Island,
British Columbia
- La Dune de Bouctouche,
Bouctouche,
New Brunswick
[2]
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Whiffen Spit,
Sooke,
British Columbia
- West Pen Island,
Nunavut
China
Hong Kong
Croatia
Denmark
Ireland
Jamaica
New Zealand
Pakistan
Russia
Singapore
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom
Wales
England
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Blakeney Point,
Norfolk
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Calshot Spit,
Hampshire
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Chesil Beach,
Dorset
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Dawlish Warren,
Devon
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Hengistbury Head, Dorset
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Hurst Spit, Hampshire
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Mudeford Spit, Dorset
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Orford Ness,
Suffolk
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Spurn Head,
Yorkshire
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Westward Ho! Pebbleridge,
Devon
United States
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Bodie Island and the
Currituck Banks, on both sides of the border between
Virginia and
North Carolina, the northernmost of the
Outer Banks
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Clatsop Spit,
Oregon
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Deveaux Bank,
South Carolina
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Dungeness Spit,
Sequim, Washington, the longest natural sand spit in the United States.
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Ediz Hook,
Port Angeles, Washington
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Fenwick Island, on both sides of the border of
Delaware and
Maryland
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Homer Spit,
Homer, Alaska
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Kotzebue, Alaska
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Long Point,
Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the tip of
Cape Cod
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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.
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Presque Isle,
Erie, Pennsylvania
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Provincetown Spit,
Massachusetts
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Sandy Hook,
New Jersey
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The Spit,
Scituate, Massachusetts
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Willoughby Spit,
Norfolk, Virginia
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