Pocket beach

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021326",
  "term": "Pocket beach",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A small, narrow beach formed between two littoral obstacles, such as between rocky headlands or promontories that occur at the shore.\n\n2. A small beach between two headlands. Because of this isolation, there is very little - or no - exchange of sediment between the pocket beach and the adjacent shorelines.\n\n3. Small, narrow beach formed between two littoral obstacles, such as between rocky headlands or promontories that occur at the shore.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms",
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012",
    "Coastal Sensitivity Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/pocket-beach/"
}