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is the sandbank that marks the mouth of the Thames Estuary, where the outflow from
the Thames meets the North Sea. It is roughly halfway between Havengore Creek in Essex and
Warden Point on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Until 1964 it marked the seaward limit of the Port of
London Authority. As the sandbank was a major hazard for shipping coming in and out of
London, in 1732 it received the world's first lightship. This became a major landmark, and was
used as an assembly point for shipping. Today it is marked by Sea Reach No. 1 Buoy. [26]

Islands[edit]
Main article: Islands in the River Thames

London City Airport is on the site of a dock

The River Thames contains over 80 islands ranging from the large estuarial marshlands of
the Isle of Sheppey and Canvey Island to small tree-covered islets like Rose Isle in Oxfordshire
and Headpile Eyot in Berkshire. They are found all the way from the Isle of Sheppey in Kent
to Fiddler's Island in Oxfordshire. Some of the largest inland islands, for example Formosa
Island near Cookham and Andersey Island at Abingdon, were created naturally when the course
of the river divided into separate streams.
In the Oxford area the river splits into several streams across the floodplain (Seacourt
Stream, Castle Mill Stream, Bulstake Stream and others), creating several islands (