sand spit

C4795
concept

A sand spit is a narrow, elongated ridge of sand or gravel that extends from the shore into a body of water, formed by the deposition of sediment carried by longshore currents.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
sand spit canonical 21
shingle spit 6
spit of land 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: sand spit
Generated description
A sand spit is a narrow, elongated ridge of sand or gravel that extends from the shore into a body of water, formed by the deposition of sediment carried by longshore currents.

Instances (38)

Instance Via concept surface
Arabat Arrow —
Curonian Spit —
Dungeness Spit —
Long Point —
Kachelotplate sandbank island
Nauset Spit —
Orfordness shingle spit
Orford Ness National Nature Reserve shingle spit
Curonian Spit
linked to: Klaipėda
—
North Bull Island —
Breezy Point Tip —
Yeysk Spit spit of land
Spurn Point spit of land
Berdyansk Spit spit of land
Minnesota Point —
Orford Ness
linked to: Orford, Suffolk
shingle spit
Richel sandbar island
Langue de Barbarie —
Netarts Spit —
Point Walter —
Bayocean Peninsula —
Arabatska Strilka —
Mierzeja Wiślana sandspit
Farewell Spit / Onetahua sandspit
Kalanggaman Island
linked to: Palompon, Leyte
sandbar island
Long Point (Provincetown, Massachusetts) sandy spit
Limantour Spit —
The Point (Cape Henlopen)
linked to: The Point
sandy spit
Paracas Peninsula desert coastal landform
Tróia Peninsula —
Jibei sand spit —
Bull Island
linked to: Dollymount
—
Palisadoes tombolo —
Palisadoes —
Calshot Spit shingle spit
Hurst Spit shingle spit
Calshot shingle spit
Raven Point —