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A well-known spit in the UK is Spurn Point at the Humber; it is approximately 4.8 km (3.0 mi) long. Another is Chesil Beach in the UK, which connects the Isle of Portland to the mainland. The Curonian Spit , off the coast of Lithuania and Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia , separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea ; it is 98 km long (61 mi).
Toronto Islands (former spit, now detached), Toronto, Ontario; Leslie Street Spit, man-made spit created as part of new harbour project; Long Point, Ontario; Point Pelee, 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
The Southport Spit (officially known as The Spit) is a spit and neighbourhood within the northern end of Main Beach, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a permanent sand spit that separates the Southport Broadwater from the Pacific Ocean .
Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska. The Homer Spit (Dena'ina: Uzintun) is a geographical landmark located in Homer, Alaska, on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula. The spit is a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) long piece of land jutting out into Kachemak Bay. [1] The spit is also home to the Homer Boat Harbor.
Spit (archaeology), a term for a unit of archaeological excavation; Spit (landform), a section of land that extends into a body of water; Spit or rotisserie, a rotating device used for cooking by roasting over an open fire; Spit, another word for saliva. Spitting, the act of forcibly expelling saliva from the mouth
Also in 2016, Quizlet launched "Quizlet Live", a real-time online matching game where teams compete to answer all 12 questions correctly without an incorrect answer along the way. [15] In 2017, Quizlet created a premium offering called "Quizlet Go" (later renamed "Quizlet Plus"), with additional features available for paid subscribers.
Dungeness Spit is a sand spit jutting out approximately 5 miles (8 km) [1] from the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula in northeastern Clallam County, Washington into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is the longest natural sand spit in the United States. [2] [3] The spit is growing in length by about 15 feet (4.6 m) per year.
Elephant Spit is long, thin, straight and conspicuous, giving the island a distinctive shape as seen from space. It borders Spit Bay to the north and west, and is formed of sediments derived from the glacial erosion of volcanic material from eruptions by Big Ben, which have made the seabed south-east of the island relatively shallow.