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Cayo Largo del Sur
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Cayo Largo del Sur

Published Dec 28, 2005

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Adele Island
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Adele Island

The most interesting geology lies just offshore and below the water line of this Northwest Australian island.

Published Aug 3, 2015

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Shelly Island: There and Back Again
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Shelly Island: There and Back Again

A series of storms has redistributed the sand and the so-called "Shelly Island" is no longer an island.

Published Mar 8, 2018

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Lenses of Fresh Water Under Langeoog
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Lenses of Fresh Water Under Langeoog

Lenses of fresh water float above the heavier saltwater underlying the sandy island.

Published May 19, 2015

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Sediment in Motion at Ocean City
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Sediment in Motion at Ocean City

Jetties near Ocean City, Maryland, have interrupted natural coastal processes such as longshore transport, altering the shape of the coastline.

Published Aug 4, 2011

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Cat Island, Bahamas
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Cat Island, Bahamas

Once named San Salvador, the island may be where Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the Americas.

Published Mar 21, 2011

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Wrangel Island, Russia
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Wrangel Island, Russia

The ghostly white shapes northeast and immediately southwest of Wrangel Island are sea ice. Over the course of the satellite record, Arctic sea ice has advanced and retreated past Wrangel Island many times. From 1979 to 2000, the sea ice edge at the end of summer generally fell somewhere in the vicinity of Wrangel Island, but this is not the first summer when the sea ice edge has retreated well north of the island.

Published Aug 29, 2008

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Maupiti Island
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Maupiti Island

Low-profile fringing islands and coral reefs surround a relatively tall central island.

Published Nov 22, 2009

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Akpatok Island
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Akpatok Island

Akpatok Island lies in Ungava Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Accessible only by air, Akpatok Island rises out of the water as sheer cliffs that soar 500 to 800 feet (150 to 243 m) above the sea surface. The island is an important sanctuary for cliff-nesting seabirds.

Published Feb 25, 2002

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