Pelican Point (NT 1467) is a crenulate 7.8 km long sand spit, with the crenulations induced by a smaller series of recurved spits that are migrating westward along the shoreline, resulting in alternating shoreline accretion of 100-200 m, with erosion in between, in places exposing the backing mangroves (Fig. 5.163). As a consequence the total length, width and shape of the spit changes on an annual basis. In addition up to 1 km wide ridged sand flats parallel the beach. It is backed by a mixture of beach ridges, truncated recurved spits, mangroves and a small tidal creek and the larger Fat Fellows Creek, which has been deflected 10 km to the west to its present mouth at Pelican Point. read more

Beach Length: 7.8km