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There are many examples of spits around the world. Some of which include:

By sea

Azov Sea

Russia

• Achuevsk Spit
• Beglitsk Spit
• Chushka Spit
• Dolgaya Spit
• Glafirovsk Spit
• Kamyshevatsk Spit
• Petrushino Spit
• Sazalniksk Spit
• Yasensk Spit
• Yeysk Spit

Ukraine

• Belosaraysk Spit
• Berdyansk Spit
• Fedotova Spit
• Krivaya Spit
• Obytichna Spit
• Arabat Spit
• Tuzla Spit

Baltic Sea

• Curonian Spit, Russia/Lithuania
• Hel Spit, Poland
• Priwall, Germany
• Vistula Spit, Poland/Russia

Skagerrak

• Grenen, Denmark

By country

Australia

• Lefevre Peninsula, Adelaide, South Australia
• Letitia Spit, Fingal Head, New South Wales
• Sir Richard Peninsula, Goolwa, South Australia
• Southport Spit, Gold Coast, Queensland
• Tobias Spit, 1 km northeast of High Island, Frankland Islands, Queensland
• Younghusband Peninsula, Coorong, South Australia

Brunei

• Seri Kenangan Beach, Pekan Tutong, Tutong
• Pelumpong Spit, Serasa, Brunei-Muara
• Serasa Beach, Serasa, Brunei-Muara

Canada

• Toronto Islands (former spit, now detached), Toronto, Ontario
• Leslie Street Spit, man-made spit created as part of new harbour project
• Long Point, Ontario
• Point Pelee, Ontario on Lake Erie
• Rondeau Provincial Park - a crescentric sand spit on Lake Erie
• Blackie Spit (east section of the Crescent Beach), South Surrey, British Columbia
• Sidney Spit, Sidney Island, British Columbia
• La Dune de Bouctouche, Bouctouche, New Brunswick
• Whiffen Spit, Sooke, British Columbia
• West Pen Island, Nunavut

China

Hong Kong

• Central ferry pier
• Discovery bay
• Pui O, Lantau
• Stanley
• Tsim Sha Tsui before infilling

Croatia

• Zlatni Rat, on island Brač

Denmark

• Grenen, the tip of the Jutland peninsula

Ireland

• Inch Strand, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry.
• Donabate Beach, Donabate, County Dublin.
• Portrane Beach, Portrane, County Dublin.

Jamaica

• Palisadoes, Kingston, Jamaica

New Zealand

• Aramoana, Otago
• Farewell Spit, South Island

Pakistan

• Sandspi,it, Karachi Pakistan

Russia

• Russkaya Koshka, Chukotka

Singapore

• Changi Beach
• Tanjong Rhu

Spain

• Cadiz, Andalusia
• La Manga, Mar Menor, Region of Murcia

Turkey

• Kum Adası, Çardak, Çanakkale
• Kumada, Altınova, Balıkesir

United Kingdom

Wales

• Conwy Morfa, Conwy
• Fairbourne Spit, Fairbourne, Gwynedd

England

• Blakeney Point, Norfolk
• Calshot Spit, Hampshire
• Chesil Beach, Dorset
• Dawlish Warren, Devon
• Hengistbury Head, Dorset
• Hurst Spit, Hampshire
• Mudeford Spit, Dorset
• Orford Ness, Suffolk
• Spurn Head, Yorkshire
• Westward Ho! Pebbleridge, Devon

United States

• Bodie Island and the Currituck Banks, on both sides of the border between Virginia and North Carolina, the northernmost of the Outer Banks
• Clatsop Spit, Oregon
• Deveaux Bank, South Carolina
• Dungeness Spit, Sequim, Washington, the longest natural sand spit in the United States.
• Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, Washington
• Fenwick Island, on both sides of the border of Delaware and Maryland
• Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska
• Kotzebue, Alaska
• Long Point, Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod
• Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota Also referred to by locals as "Park Point", it's also said to be the world's largest freshwater natural spit.
• Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Provincetown Spit, Massachusetts
• Sandy Hook, New Jersey
• The Spit, Scituate, Massachusetts
• Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia

References

• Geography-related lists
• Spits (landform)