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Barrier Island along Arctic Shores

A new survey observes that 12.7 percent of all barrier islands—a total of 272—surround the Arctic Ocean.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Barrier Island along Arctic Shores.

NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team and the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published June 16, 2011
Data acquired June 23, 2004

Source:: EO-1 > ALI