Word of the Day: Tombolo

[debodun]

A tombolo derived from the Italian word for pillow. It is a depositionational landform where an island is attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar.

The geologist was eagerly waiting to get to study the tombolo, Adam's Bridge, in Sri Lanka.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Good one, Deb!

One day I hope to visit Japan, and walk this tombolo.

 

[debodun]

Don't take a tumble on the tombolo.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Don't take a tumble on the tombolo.

Additionally, I cannot impress upon this enough, don't allow yourself to be confused over an actual tombolo, and the commune in Italy called, Tombolo.

 

[Ruthanne]

I believe there is a tombolo in Ohio and it is at Catawba Island which is actually a peninsula on Lake Erie.

 

[Camper6]

It's also a word for bingo game.

 

[Barbiegirl]

What do you call a little spit of land linking one island to another? Is that also a tombolo?

 

[Aunt Marg]

What do you call a little spit of land linking one island to another? Is that also a tombolo?

It sure is!

 

[debodun]

If the spit connects an island to the mainland, the island becomes what is known as a "tired island".

 

[Barbiegirl]

Alrighty!

Captiva was formerly linked to Sanibel Island by a tombolo, but the tombolo washed under in a hurricane and a bridge was built in its place.

^^ I believe this is true. Ain't no geologist.

 

[Sliverfox]

Can Presque Isle be a tombolo?