Outer Barrier Islands of Long Island

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The Outer Barrier Islands of Long Island are a chain of narrow, sandy barrier islands along Long Island’s south shore that protect the mainland from the Atlantic Ocean and host popular beaches and coastal communities.

All labels observed (5)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf barrier island chain ⓘ
coastal landform ⓘ
borderedBy Great South Bay ⓘ
Hempstead Bay ⓘ
Moriches Bay ⓘ
Shinnecock Bay ⓘ
South Oyster Bay ⓘ
composedOf Cedar Island (historic, largely eroded) ⓘ
Fire Island ⓘ
Gilgo barrier segment ⓘ
Jones Beach Island ⓘ
Long Beach Barrier Island ⓘ
Oak Beach barrier segment ⓘ
Point Lookout barrier segment ⓘ
Westhampton Island ⓘ
contains Fire Island National Seashore ⓘ
Hither Hills–adjacent barrier segments near Montauk (eastern extent context) ⓘ
Jones Beach State Park ⓘ
Robert Moses State Park ⓘ
Smith Point County Park ⓘ
crossedBy causeways and parkways connecting to Long Island mainland ⓘ
formedBy longshore sediment transport ⓘ
wave action ⓘ
hasCharacteristic dynamic shoreline ⓘ
low-lying ⓘ
narrow ⓘ
sandy ⓘ
hasFunction protect mainland Long Island from Atlantic Ocean wave energy ⓘ
protect mainland Long Island from coastal storms ⓘ
protect mainland Long Island from storm surge ⓘ
hosts coastal resort communities ⓘ
permanent residential communities on some islands ⓘ
seasonal beach communities ⓘ
locatedAlong south shore of Long Island ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
United States ⓘ
managedBy New York State agencies ⓘ
county and local governments ⓘ
federal agencies ⓘ
partOf Atlantic coastal barrier island system ⓘ
popularFor birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
surfing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
separatedFrom Long Island mainland by back-barrier lagoons and bays ⓘ
vulnerableTo coastal erosion ⓘ
hurricane storm surge ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jones Beach Island (eastern portion) → partOf → Outer Barrier Islands of Long Island ⓘ
Fire Island → partOf → Outer Barrier islands of Long Island ⓘ
linked to: Outer Barrier Islands of Long Island
Long Beach Barrier Island → partOf → Long Island barrier island system ⓘ
linked to: Outer Barrier Islands of Long Island
Sunken Forest → region → Long Island barrier island system ⓘ
linked to: Outer Barrier Islands of Long Island
Kismet → locatedIn → Long Island barrier islands ⓘ
linked to: Outer Barrier Islands of Long Island
Smith Point → partOf → Fire Island barrier island system ⓘ
linked to: Outer Barrier Islands of Long Island
Jones Beach Island → partOf → Outer Barrier Islands of Long Island ⓘ