Tumulus (litus)

Tumulus, aliquando Anglice dictus ayre, est conformatio sedimenti ubi insula ad terram angusto litore harenae adligatur. 

Tumuli notabili
Mare Insula, Vallejo, California
Mersey Point, Shoalwater, Australia Occidentalis
Isthmus ante Aden, Iemenia
Aupouri Paeninsula, Nova Zelandia
Barrenjoey, Pittwater, Nova Cambria Australis, Australia
Chappaquiddick Insula, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetta
Charles Insula, Connecticuta
Chesil Litus, Dorset, Anglia
Cheung Chau, Hong Kong
Fingal Sinus, Nova Cambria Australis, Australia
Howth Head, Dublin, Hibernia
Kapıdağ Paeninsula, Balıkesir, Turcia
Kettla Ness, Burra, Aemodae insulae, Scotia
Llandudno, Cambria
Maharees, Dingle Paeninsula, Hibernia
Miquelon, Sanctus Petrus et Miquelon
Monemvasia, Laconia, Peloponnese, Graecia
Monte Argentario, Italia
Mount Maunganui, Nova Zelandia
Nahant
Palisadoes, Kingston, Iamaica
Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
Quiberon, Francia
St Ninian Insula, Shetland Insulae, Scotia
 Ayre o Swinister , Shetland Insulae, Scotia
Yei of Huney, Huney, Shetland Insulae, Scotia
Langness, Castletown Sinus, Manna
Cádiz, Andalusia, Hispania
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canaria Insulae, Hispania
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Iaponia
Taipingot Mons, Rota, Mariana Insulae
Argentario Mons, litus Tuscaniae, Italiae

Nexus interni
 Isthmus
 Pulvinus arenae
 Sinus
 Lingua terrae

Nexus externi
Geology.About.com's page on tombolos (useful for its descriptive photograph)
Photograph: Chesil Beach
Photograph: Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland
Tombolos or ayres in the Shetland Islands

Categoria:Conformationes litoris et maris