- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- The Boneyard on Blackbeard Island
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Beaches--Georgia--Blackbeard Island
Live oak--Georgia--Blackbeard Island
Seagrasses--Georgia--Blackbeard Island
Barrier islands--Georgia
Trees--Georgia--Blackbeard Island
Atlantic Ocean
Shorelines--Georgia--Blackbeard Island
Dead trees--Georgia--Blackbeard Island - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Blackbeard Island, 31.51606, -81.19593
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The remains of dead trees, mostly live oaks, jut out of the sand like sculpture in "The Boneyard" on Blackbeard Island. The term is used to describe the areas of beach on barrier islands where old trees are buried and exposed over and over as the tides change the shape of the islands.
This photograph shows the remains of dead trees, mostly live oaks, jut out of the sand like sculpture in "The Boneyard" on Blackbeard Island, Georgia. The term boneyard is used to describe the areas of beach on barrier islands where old trees are buried and exposed over and over as the tides change the shape of the islands.
Blackbeard Island was owned by a consortium of French investors for eleven years beginning in 1789. In 1800 the island was sold at public auction to the U.S. Navy Department as a federal timber reserve. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/blackbeard-island/m-4161/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/blackbeard-island
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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