Sandbank

Their responsibility was to carry out the mission at Hoàng Sa (Golden Sandbank) and Vạn Lý Trường Sa (Ten-thousand-league Long Sandbank) respectively.

Due to the depth of its hull, there is a risk of the boat running aground the sandbank.

INQUIRER.net reported that the Atin Ito coalition plans to conduct another caravan for fishermen and military personnel in the sandbank in April.

Morecambe RNLI hovercraft and lifeboat were called out to rescue a person stuck on a sandbank in Morecambe Bay.

Phil thinks Ravenser Odd was located around what we now call Spurn Point, and specifically an area called the Old Den sandbank.

The resupply activity of BRP Sierra Madre, a Navy outpost grounded in the sandbank since 1999 or during former Estrada’s time, becomes the flashpoint of tension between Manila and Beijing.

She told the media that the resort is man-made and was built on a sandbank by the owner.

Also, changes to local conditions (sandbank movement, dredging harbour mouths, etc.) away from those prevailing at the measurement time affect the tide's actual timing and magnitude.

A statement found in this book read: Wang Li Shi Tang (万里石塘) is a sandbank rising above the sea.

At low tide, the East Winner sandbank is visible, extending a mile out to sea.

It is regarded as providing the visitor with the best views of the Aitutaki lagoon and, depending on the tide, one is able to walk on a sandbank a decent distance away from Tapuaetai.

Owing to the large amount of tuna fish offal and blood, the waters around that sandbank looked like a big pool of blood (maa ley gandeh).

They all have the same meaning — the Yellow Sands or the Yellow Sandbank.

They allowed Prince Koimala to settle on that large sandbank in the midst of the waters tainted with fish blood.

Trees were planted on the sandbank and it is said that the first tree that grew on it was the papaya tree.