tombolo
noun [ C ] geography specialized uk/ˈtɒm.bə.ləʊ/ us/ˈtɑːm.bə.loʊ/ tombolos
沙颈岬，连岛沙洲
a narrow area of sand or shingle (= small stones) that joins an island to the coast
Azorella Peninsula is linked by a tombolo to the main part of Heard Island. 一个连岛沙洲将阿佐雷拉半岛和赫德岛的主岛连接起来。
See also: spit noun (LAND)
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- "The Mount" was once an island but is now connected to the mainland by a narrow neck of dune sand (a tombolo) covered with high-rise apartments, shops, restaurants and houses.
- A tombolo forms when a beach or sand spit joins up with an offshore island.
- Those little islands in Boston Harbor are ice-age remnants called drumlins, some of them connected by sand spits called tombolos.
- There are two scoria cones, Macey Cone and Red Island, the latter joined by a tombolo to Laurens Peninsula.