It is separated from Formentera by a shallow sandbar, and during low tide it is possible for one to wade between the two islands.
These deeper draft ships could not cross the shallow sandbar at the mouth of the river.
As the nickname suggested, it was on a shallow sandbar surrounded by sharp rocks where the water was churning like a giant Jacuzzi.
The only way pups can get across the river, is by finding a shallow sandbar.
The Motherbank is a shallow sandbar off the northeast coast of the county Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom.
Its main purpose was to warn vessels that would require deeper water about the shallow sandbars.
There is a shallow sandbar extending across the eastern end of the lake.
At the east end of the lake is a shallow sandbar which extends across the width of the lake, followed by a series of small willow covered islands.
The mouth of the river was blocked by a sandbar too shallow for oceangoing ships, unless it was dredged regularly.
Stingray City: the experience of standing on a shallow sandbar being nudged by Southern stingrays was one of the trip's highlights.