Tombolo
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Tombolo by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Tombolo
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 30 Apr 2021
This is not as obvious, or perhaps as pretty, as some better known examples, but it's definitely an example of a tombolo, which is a spit formed when beach material - in this case stones rather than sand - is brought round both sides of an island or rock.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.68482
Longitude
-2.943666