A "spit" is a landform made by the deposition of sand by the movement of tides. Spits are narrow and elongated features where one end is attached to the mainland and the other extends out into open water. When waves meet the beach at an oblique angle, moving the sediments down the beach and into open waters where it is deposited as a narrow strip. As a spit grows, it can become stable and fertile enough to support habitation, as seen in some of these spectacular photos (Source:
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La Dune de Bouctouche, New Brunswick
Zlatni Rat, Croatia
La Manga del Mar Menor, Spain
Ocean City, Maryland
Vistula Spit, Poland/Russia
Hel Peninsula, Poland
Curonian Spit, Lithuania/Russia
Spurn Point, UK
Minnesota Point, Duluth Minnesota
Dungeness Spit, Washington
Farewell Spit, New Zealand
Homer Spit, Alaska
Cadiz Peninsula, Spain
Fedotova Spit, Ukraine
Presque Isle, Pennsylvania
Long Point, Ontario
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