Tidal island

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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, due to their natural fortifications.

The former Bennelong Island in Sydney, Australia was developed into Bennelong Point and is now the location of the Sydney Opera House.

Contents 1 Tidal Islands of the World 1.1 Canada 1.2 France 1.3 Germany/Denmark 1.4 Guernsey 1.5 Ireland 1.6 Peru 1.7 Sri Lanka 1.8 United Kingdom 1.9 USA 2 See also

[edit] Tidal Islands of the World

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[edit] Canada

• Minister's Island in New Brunswick, Canada

[edit] France

• Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France
• Île de Noirmoutier in Vendée, France

[edit] Germany/Denmark

• The Halligen in the North Frisian Islands, Germany/Denmark

[edit] Guernsey

• Lihou in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands

[edit] Ireland

• Omey Island in Connemara, County Galway, Connacht

[edit] Peru

• Isla del Faraón, (Pharaoh's Island) in Puerto Supe, Lima Region, Peru

[edit] Sri Lanka

• Taprobane Island, Sri Lanka

[edit] United Kingdom

• Baleshare in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
• Brough of Birsay in Orkney, Scotland
• Burgh Island in Devon, England
• Chapel Island in Cumbria, England
• Cramond Island, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Davaar Island near Campbeltown, on the Kintyre peninsula, Scotland
• Gugh in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain
• Hilbre Island in the River Dee estuary, between North Wales and the English Wirral
• Llanddwyn Island off Anglesey in North Wales
• Lindisfarne in Northumberland, England
• Northey Island in Essex, England
• Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland
• Osea Island in Essex, England
• Rough Island opposite Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
• Sheep Island in Cumbria, England
• St Michael's Mount in Penwith, Cornwall, Great Britain
• St Mary's Lighthouse in North Tyneside, England
• Sully Island in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
• Worm's Head at the end of Gower, Wales

[edit] USA

• Bar Island in Maine, U.S.A.
• High Island, New York
• Long Point Island, Harpswell, Maine, U.S.A.
• Cana Island Lighthouse in Wisconsin, U.S.A.
• Battery Point Light in California, U.S.A.

[edit] See also

• Island
• Islet