Sentences with phrase «of barrier islands»

The Westin Jekyll Island is just minutes from the island's National Historic Landmark District and close to the island's four golf courses, 10 miles of barrier island beaches and a variety of outdoor recreation, including marsh eco-tours, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and more than 20 miles of bike paths and kayaking waterways.

Steeped in history and natural beauty, the 200 - mile string of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina known as the Outer Banks — and commonly known the OBX — is a popular family destination renowned for its temperate climate and wide expanse of open beachfront.

Long a favorite of the East Coast Establishment; the 1928 Mediterranean - style hotel is set on more than 1,000 acres of a barrier island beach.

An hour southeast of Manhattan, Jones Beach, a once - swampy strip of barrier island raised 10 feet by urban planner Robert Moses in the»20s, took a terrible beating.

The Outer Banks (OBX) is a series of barrier islands on the North Carolina coast, with some of USA's most popular beaches.

Gasparilla Island is one of a string of barrier islands along the southwest Gulf Coast between Fort Myers and Tampa.

They also worried that the berms would alter currents and potentially lead to even more erosion of the barrier islands.

The Mississippi River delta is a rich ecosystem of barrier islands, estuaries, and wetlands that's home to a diverse mix of wildlife — as well as more than 2 million people.

Also, during the upcoming fall semester, I'll be conducting my own research on the species of sharks that frequent the waters off the coast off of a barrier island in my home state.

The Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary sits hidden behind a bank of palms on a curve in Gulf Boulevard, which follows a strip of barrier islands from the top to the bottom of Pinellas County, Florida.

It consists of hundreds of barrier islands called Cayes (pronounced «keys») of all different sizes.

Outer Banks, North Carolina: The Outer Banks span 200 - miles along North Carolina's coast, and are comprised of a string of barrier islands connected to the mainland by bridges and ferries.

If you are staying in this area, you will be on a thin sliver of a barrier island that divides the Caribbean from the Nichupte Lagoon.

A loggerhead turtle carcass on the Pacific Ocean beach of a barrier island near Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos, a fishing town on Mexico's Baja peninsula.

The Gulf region surrounding Grand Isle consists of barrier islands, bayous, swamps, marshes, lakes, and complex river channels.

While this nation only has a population of 300,000 people (which is barely more than the Mayan Riviera city of Playa del Carmen), it makes up for its small population with a pristine natural environment, both in its jungles and in its offshore series of barrier islands.

The Outer Banks consists of roughly 200 miles of barrier islands and sand dunes that stretch from the Northern Beaches (at the North end, natch) down through to the Cape Hatteras lighthouse at the tip of Hatteras Island.

Each of the barrier islands hosts a beach that is prettier than the next.

This legendary hotel, a member of the National Register of Historic Places and a member of the prestigious Historic Hotels of America, is located on one of the barrier islands that make up Georgia's coast.

Stretching over three miles of barrier island, Sebastian Inlet makes for great surfing, swimming, snorkeling and beachcombing.