The attached KMZ file identifies some coastal features that characterize Long Island's shoreline and poses questions for the user.


Uplands with oaks and other trees in the background, and salt marsh with Spartina alterniflora and Sea Lavender (Limonium carolinianum) in the foreground at Bass Creek on Shelter Island. Photo by Sandy Richard on August 3, 2008.

See also:
Google Earth Community: Long Island Sound
Google Earth Community: Fire Island Map Overlay
Google Earth Community: Nissequogue River
Google Earth Community: Beach Drift at Rockaway
Google Earth Community: Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
Google Earth Community: Changes at Fire Island Inlet since 1941
Google Earth Community: Lag Deposit - Garnet and Magnetite
Google Earth Community: Sewage Treatment Plant and Outflow Pipe
Google Earth Community: Changes at Eastern End of Fire Island


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1248179-Coastal-Landforms-Long-Island.kmz (236 downloads)
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