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ť For the Italian city, see Tombolo, Italy.

A tombolo is a deposition landform such as a spit or bar which forms a narrow piece of land between an island or offshore rock and a mainland shore, or between two islands or offshore rocks. They usually form because the island causes wave refraction, depositing sand and shingle moved by longshore drift in each direction around the island where the waves meet. Eustatic sea level rise may also contribute to accretion as material is pushed up with rising sea levels. This is the case with Chesil Beach which connects the Isle of Portland to Dorset in England which is notable as the shingle ridge is parallel rather than perpendicular to the coast.

List of notable tombolos

Mersey Point, Shoalwater, Western Australia
The isthmus at Aden, Yemen
Aupouri Peninsula, New Zealand
Barrenjoey Headland, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia
Chappaquiddick Island, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Charles Island, Connecticut
Chesil Beach, Dorset, England
Cheung Chau, Hong Kong
Fingal Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Howth Head, Dublin, Ireland
Kettla Ness, Burra, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Llandudno, Wales
Maharees, Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
Miquelon, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Monemvasia, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
Nahant, Massachusetts (a natural tombolo, but connected to the mainland by a causeway)
Palisadoes, Kingston, Jamaica
Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
Quiberon, France
St Ninian's Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Yei of Huney, Huney, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Langness, Castletown Bay, Isle of Man, UK
Dawlish warren, Devon, England
Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain

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