Tidal island
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.
The former Bennelong Island in Sydney , Australia was developed into Bennelong Point and is now the location of the Sydney Opera House .
Tidal Islands of the World
Canada
France
Germany/Denmark
Guernsey
Ireland
United Kingdom
Baleshare in the Outer Hebrides , Scotland Brough of Birsay in Orkney , ScotlandBurgh Island in Devon , England Chapel Island in Cumbria , EnglandCramond Island , Edinburgh , ScotlandDavaar Island near Campbeltown , on the Kintyre peninsula, ScotlandErraid off the Isle of Mull in ScotlandGugh 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 , EnglandNorthey Island in Essex , EnglandOronsay in the Inner Hebrides , ScotlandOsea Island in Essex, EnglandRough Island opposite Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway , ScotlandSheep Island in Cumbria , EnglandSt Michael's Mount in Penwith , Cornwall , Great BritainSt Mary's Lighthouse in North Tyneside , EnglandSully Island in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales Worm's Head at the end of Gower , Wales
USA
See also
de:Gezeiteninsel
fr:Île accessible à marée basse
fy:Tij-eilân
it:Isola tidale
pl:Wyspa p?ywowa
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