United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Blackbeard Island, 31.51606, -81.195931708/2022The 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/blackbeard-islandForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/blackbeard-islandForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaBeaches--Georgia--Blackbeard IslandLive oak--Georgia--Blackbeard IslandSeagrasses--Georgia--Blackbeard IslandBarrier islands--GeorgiaTrees--Georgia--Blackbeard IslandAtlantic OceanShorelines--Georgia--Blackbeard IslandDead trees--Georgia--Blackbeard IslandThe Boneyard on Blackbeard IslandStillImage