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Scarborough Shoal, also known as Panatag Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc, is a disputed coral reef surrounded by a large lagoon in the South China Sea. The territory is subject to overlapping claims by China, the Philippines, and Taiwan, making it a focal point for regional geopolitical tensions. Followin...

Cortes Bank is a shallow seamount located roughly 160 km (100 miles) west-southwest of San Diego, California, in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the California Continental Borderland and rises to within about 6 meters (20 feet) of the ocean surface. The bank is known among surfers for producing ext...

Engelsmanplaat, also known in Frisian as Ingelsmanplak, is an uninhabited tidal sandflat and nature reserve located in the Dutch Wadden Sea, situated between the islands of Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. The sandbank becomes exposed at low tide and is submerged at high tide, functioning as part of the...

Großer Knechtsand is a large tidal sandbank in the German sector of the Wadden Sea, situated between the estuaries of the Weser and Elbe rivers. Its exposed flats, channels, and surrounding shallow waters change with the tides and form part of the southeastern North Sea's dynamic coastal landscape....

Koresand is a large, uninhabited tidal sandbank located in the Danish Wadden Sea, situated southwest of the island of Rømø. The sandbank is highly dynamic, constantly shifting in size and shape due to the strong tidal currents of the North Sea. It lies entirely within the Wadden Sea National Park, a...

A shifting sandbank off the northern tip of Texel island in the Netherlands, located at the entrance to the Marsdiep tidal inlet in the North Sea.

A bare tidal sandbank in the Dutch Wadden Sea lying between the islands of Vlieland and Terschelling, notable as a haul-out site for common and grey seals.

A tidal sandflat in the German Wadden Sea near the outer Elbe estuary, forming part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Wadden Sea ecosystem along the German coast.

System of elongated tidal sandbanks in the southern North Sea off Belgium and France, forming a biogeographically distinct marine region now hosting multiple offshore wind farms.

Submerged bank in the North Sea designated as a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive, protecting rare reef-forming gravel and biogenic benthic habitats.

A submarine sandbank off the western coast of the German island of Sylt, acting as an offshore barrier that dissipates wave energy before it reaches the island's shore.

Shifting sandbar in the eastern Dutch Wadden Sea near Rottumerplaat, Netherlands, an uninhabited and geomorphologically active landform within the Natura 2000 conservation network.

Large sandbank in the central North Sea between the Netherlands and England, historically one of the most productive fishing grounds for North Sea herring and demersal species.

A sandbank off the Suffolk coast near which the Battle of the Gabbard was fought in June 1653, a decisive English victory over the Dutch fleet during the First Anglo-Dutch War.

A sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary where the Battle of Kentish Knock was fought on 28 September 1652, an English naval victory in the First Anglo-Dutch War.

Thames Estuary sandbank off the Kent coast, England, site of the Shivering Sands Maunsell Army Sea Forts, constructed in 1943 for wartime anti-aircraft defense.

The eastern extremity of the Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, a shallow submarine bank that was dry land approximately 8,000 years ago when sea levels were lower.

A sandbank in the Strait of Dover hosting the Sandettie automatic weather station, whose wind and wave readings are broadcast in the BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast.

A sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary where Knock John Tower, a Royal Engineers anti-aircraft sea fort, was constructed in 1942 to defend against German air raids.

Sandbank ridge in the Belgian North Sea approximately 27 km offshore, designated as the site of the C-Power offshore wind farm, with its first turbines commissioned around 2009.

A broad shallow area forming a bight on the Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, part of a historically important fishing ground shared by UK, Dutch, German, and Danish fleets.

Sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary, England, site of the Tongue Sand Tower, a Maunsell naval sea fort erected in 1942 during World War II.

A sandbank near the mouth of the Humber Estuary on England's east coast, notable as the site of Bull Sand Fort, a defensive structure built during World War I.

Offshore sandbank roughly 3 km east of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, now hosting the Scroby Sands offshore wind farm, commissioned in 2004.

Large tidal sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary, Essex, England, famously proposed in the early 1970s as a potential site for London's third airport.

Dangerous offshore sandbank off the Norfolk coast, England, responsible for centuries of shipwrecks and historically marked by the Haisborough lightvessel.

A sandbank in the southern North Sea off Suffolk, now host to the Galloper Wind Farm, a commercial offshore wind energy installation commissioned in 2017.

A sandbank off Dunwich, Suffolk, the eroded medieval port that was among England's largest towns before coastal erosion from the 13th century consumed most of the settlement.

Sandbank in the Belgian North Sea EEZ named after Admiral William Bligh, best known from the Mutiny on the Bounty (1789), and site of an operational Belgian offshore wind farm.