Tombolo

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An example of a tombolo seen from the air. This one is on cape Paximadhi in Greece.
Coastal and oceanic landforms. Cuspate foreland, tombolo, spit, bay, lagoon, barrier island.

Tombolo is the geographic term for an isthmus (narrow neck connecting an island to a land mass) formed when currents carrying sand are slowed by an island, depositing a sandbar that transforms the island into a peninsula.[1]

Presqu'ile (Ontario) is an example of a tombolo.

References

  1. ↑ Michel Michaelovitch De Mahiques (2016). “Tombolo”, Encyclopedia of Estuaries, 713–714. DOI:10.1007/978-94-017-8801-4_349. ISBN 978-94-017-8800-7. 
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