Tidal island
Diagram of tidal island at low tide and high tide
Cramond Island, Scotland, at high tide: the causeway is submerged, but the anti-boat pylons are still visible.
A tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a natural or man-made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. Because of the mystique surrounding tidal islands many of them have been sites of religious worship, such as Mont Saint-Michel with its Benedictine Abbey. Tidal islands are also commonly the sites of fortresses because of their natural fortifications.
List of tidal islands
Asia
Hong Kong
- Ma Shi Chau in Tai Po District, northeastern New Territories, within the Tolo Harbour
Republic of China
Iran
- Naaz islands in Persian gulf, southern seashore of Qeshm island
South Korea
- Jindo Island and Modo Island in southwest South Korea
Europe
Channel Islands
- Lihou in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands
Denmark
- Mandø Island – on Denmark's western coast
- Knudshoved Island – north of Vordingborg on southern Zealand, Denmark
France
- Île Madame in Charente-Maritime
- Île de Noirmoutier in Vendée
- Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy
- Tombelaine in Normandy
Germany/Denmark
- The Halligen in the North Frisian Islands, Germany/Denmark
- The Neuwerk in the Wadden Sea, Germany
Ireland
Iceland
Grótta in Seltjarnarnes in Capital Region
Spain
- Cortegada Island in Pontevedra coast, Galicia.
- San Nikolas Island in Lekeitio, Bizkaia
United Kingdom
Rough Island opposite Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
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Worm's Head at the end of Gower, Wales
England
- Asparagus Island, Mount's Bay, Cornwall
- Burgh Island, Devon
- Burrow Island, Portsmouth Harbour
- Chapel Island, Cumbria
- Chiswick Eyot in the River Thames in London
- Gugh in the Isles of Scilly (joined to St Agnes at low tide)
- Hilbre Island, Middle Eye and Little Eye in the River Dee estuary, between North Wales and the English Wirral, but administratively in England.
- Horsey Island, Essex
- Lindisfarne, Northumberland
- Mersea Island, Essex (accessible to road traffic via the Strood)
- Northey Island, Essex
- Osea Island, Essex
- Piel Island, Cumbria
- Sheep Island, Cumbria (joined at low tide to Piel Island and to Walney Island)
- St Mary's Island, North Tyneside
- St Michael's Mount, Cornwall
Northern Ireland
- Nendrum Monastery on Mahee Island, Strangford Lough
Scotland
- Baleshare in the Outer Hebrides, joined to North Uist
- Brough of Birsay in Orkney, joined to Orkney Mainland
- Castle Stalker on Loch Laich in Argyll
- Cramond Island in the Firth of Forth
- Davaar Island near Campbeltown, off the Kintyre peninsula
- Eilean Shona in Loch Moidart, Lochaber, Highland
- Eilean Tioram, in Loch Moidart
- Erraid off the Isle of Mull
- Hestan Island near Rough Island in Auchencairn Bay
- Islands of Fleet: Ardwall Isle and Barlocco Isle in Galloway
- Isle Ristol, the innermost of the Summer Isles
- Kili Holm in Orkney, joined to Egilsay
- Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides, joined to Colonsay
- Rough Island opposite Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway
- Vallay (Bhàlaigh), joined to North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Wales
- Burry Holms off the Gower
- Cribinau off Anglesey
- Gateholm off the south west coast of Pembrokeshire
- Ynys Llanddwyn off Anglesey
- Mumbles Lighthouse located in Mumbles, near Swansea
- St Catherine's Island in Pembrokeshire
- Sully Island in the Vale of Glamorgan
- Worm's Head at the end of the Gower
- Ynys Cantwr off Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire
- Ynys Feurig off Anglesey
- Ynys Gifftan in Gwynedd, north Wales
- Ynys Gwelltog off Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire
- Ynys Lochtyn on the coast of Cardigan Bay
43 (unbridged) tidal islands can be walked to from the UK mainland.[1]
North America
Canada
- Finisterre Island off of Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Micou's Island in St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Minister's Island in New Brunswick, Canada
- Ross Island and Cheney Island in Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada
- Wedge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Whyte Islet in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
United States
Bar Island in Maine, U.S.
- Bar Island in Maine
- Battery Point Light in California
- Bumpkin Island in Massachusetts
- Camano Island in Puget Sound of Washington State, since earth filled
- Cana Island Lighthouse in Wisconsin
- Charles Island, in Connecticut
- Douglas Island in Alaska
- High Island, New York
- Long Point Island,[2] Harpswell, Maine
Nahant, MA
Australasia
Australia
- The Point Walter Sandbar in Perth, Western Australia has slowly formed into a tidal island and is only connected to the mainland in extreme low tides.
- Penguin Island (Western Australia) in the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park
- Former tidal island Bennelong Island in Sydney, Australia was developed into Bennelong Point and is now the location of the Sydney Opera House.
New Zealand
- Matakana Island in Tauranga Harbour
- Opahekeheke Island in the Kaipara Harbour
- Puddingstone Island in Otago Harbour
- Rabbit Island, Bells Island, and Bests Island in Tasman Bay
- The Hauraki Gulf islands of Motutapu Island and Rangitoto Island are connected at low tide
- The Okatakata Islands and Walker Island in Rangaunu Harbour
See also
References
- ↑ Peter Caton (2011). No Boat Required – Exploring Tidal Islands. ISBN 978-1848767-010.
- ↑ longpointisland.com Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
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