swap_horiz Maplin Spit Alternatives

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Nakupenda Sandbank

Nakupenda Sandbank is a tidal sandbank located near Stone Town on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania, in the Indian Ocean....

Tourism Tidal Zanzibar Sandbank

8.4 Great

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Shivering Sand

Shivering Sand is a sandbank in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Kent, England. It is the site of the Shivering Sands...

Tidal Offshore Fort Thames

7.0 Good

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Knock John

Knock John is a sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the coast of southeastern England. During the Second World War,...

Tidal Offshore Fort Thames

6.8 Fair

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Maplin Sand

Maplin Sand is a tidal mudflat and sandbank on the northern side of the Thames Estuary, off Foulness Island near Southen...

Coastal Essex Tidal Thames

6.7 Fair

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Tongue Sand

Tongue Sand is a tidal sandbank located at the mouth of the Thames Estuary in England. It is historically significant as...

Tidal Offshore Fort Thames

6.7 Fair

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Gunfleet Sand

Gunfleet Sand is a shallow sandbank off the Essex coast in the outer Thames Estuary, England. The feature is associated...

Essex Tidal Offshore Thames

6.5 Fair

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Long Sand

Long Sand is an extensive, mobile sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary and southern North Sea, running broadly parallel...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

6.2 Fair

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Sunk Sand

Sunk Sand is a sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the east coast of England. It forms part of the shallow bank sys...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

6.1 Fair

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Girdler

Girdler is a sandbank in the Thames Estuary near the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. The feature has been associated w...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

6.1 Fair

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Foulness Sand

Tidal sandbank adjacent to Foulness Island off the Essex coast, England, lying within a restricted military zone adminis...

Coastal Essex Tidal Thames

5.9 Mediocre

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Whitaker Spit

A sandy spit projecting into the outer Thames Estuary off the Essex coast, charted as a navigational hazard in the appro...

Essex Tidal Spit Thames

5.9 Mediocre

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Buxey Sand

Buxey Sand is an offshore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, off the coast of Essex in England. It lies between the main Sw...

Essex Tidal Offshore North Sea

5.7 Mediocre

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Barrow

A sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the Essex coast of England, part of the extensive Barrow sandbank complex tha...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

5.6 Mediocre

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East Barrow

East Barrow is a subtidal sandbank in the Thames Estuary, within the group of shifting banks and channels that shape the...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

5.4 Mediocre

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West Barrow

West Barrow is a submerged sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex, England. It forms part of the es...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

5.4 Mediocre

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Spaniard

A sandbank in the North Sea off the English east coast, reportedly named after a historical association with Spanish shi...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

5.3 Mediocre

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Shingles

A sandbank in the Thames Estuary off the Kent coast, one of several features named Shingles around England's shores, mar...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

5.2 Mediocre

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East Spaniard

East Spaniard is the eastern part of the Spaniard sandbank system in the North Sea, off the east coast of England. It fo...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

5.2 Mediocre

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Tizard Bank

Tizard Bank is an east-west sandbank in the Thames Estuary, off the coast of southeastern England. It lies near 51°33'N,...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

5.1 Mediocre

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Spile

A small sandbank in the Thames Estuary, one of many shoal features in these shallow coastal waters that require careful...

UK Tidal Offshore Thames

4.9 Poor