Caribbean Topaz
21/08/2017
The thought of a tropical holiday on the Mediterranean fills all of us with a cheerful feeling. An island may be described as such, regardless of the presence of a synthetic land bridge; examples are Singapore and its causeway , and the assorted Dutch delta islands, corresponding to IJsselmonde Some places might even retain “island” of their names for historic causes after being linked to a bigger landmass by a land bridge or landfill, akin to Coney Island and Coronado Island , although these are strictly tied islands Conversely, when a chunk of land is separated from the mainland by a man-made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal or Marble Hill in northern Manhattan during the time between the building of the United States Ship Canal and the filling-in of the Harlem River which surrounded the world, it is typically not thought of an island.
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