Sand ridges that connect an offshore island to the mainland are called what?

A tombolo. Don't be confused with a sand bar as they do not extend to connect to another island.

Australia has five mainland states. The sixth state is the island state of Tasmania. In addition, there are two mainland territories and seven offshore territories.

The words island offshore refer to a island that is away from the coast. In general this term applies to banking that gets done out of the country also called offshore.

the large island located South of the Greece mainland is called Crete!!

it is a mainland island it is a mainland island

This is called a "strait".

Newfoundland and Labrador is part of the mainland and also an island. Newfoundland is the island and Labrador is the mainland.

Newfoundland and Labrador is part of the mainland and also an island. Newfoundland is the island and Labrador is the mainland.

this can be called a bay or a strait

There are no active cinder volcanoes on the Australian mainland or Tasmania. There is an active volcano on the remote offshore territory of Heard and McDonald Island.

Australia has several offshore territories which are islands. These include: * Norfolk Island * Christmas Island * Heard & McDonald Island * Cocos (Keeling) Islands * Ashmore & Cartier Islands There is also the southern state of Tasmania, an island separated from the mainland by Bass Strait.

It consists of a narrow stip of fnaturally occurring land that connects a mainland to an offshore geographic feature that would actually be considered an island if it weren't for the connecting "bridge."

Iceland You might be looking for Iceland. The part of Iceland that the Arctic Circle passes through is the offshore island of Grimsey, not the mainland.

From the island the mainland is clearly visible. Mainland here means that the land is part of a continent and can be seen from an island which is separated from the mainland by water.

Which descibes a ridge of sand that connects an island to the mainland or another island

An island is a body of land completely surrounded by water. A mainland is a larger body of land surrounded by water. A mainland is the largest of the other islands. A mainland isn't determined by size, it's determined by size compared to other islands. For example; Hawaii is a mainland. Kauai is an island. This is because Hawaii is larger than Kauai. Depending on how you look at it, Hawaii would be an island…

The Little Spotted Kiwi, which is the smallest species of kiwi, has become extinct on New Zealand's mainland due to predation by introduced dogs, cats, stoats and pigs. This species is now found only on Kapiti Island and other offshore islands.

Canada's island province was connected to the mainland on May 31, 1997.

Taiwan is on an island, Taipei. It has no mainland region.

The Mainland is the largest Island

The George Washington Bridge is the only bridge from Manhattan to the New Jersey mainland. There are ten bridges connecting Manhattan to the Bronx mainland, not counting rail-only bridges or the RFK Bridge (which connects Manhattan to the Bronx via Wards Island).

There is Prudence Island and there is Block Island.

Bass Strait separates mainland Australia from the island state of Tasmania.

Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland is the island and Labraador is the mainland.

Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland is the island, and Labrador is on the mainland.