Isle aux Herbes (Alabama)
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Isle aux Herbes, also known as Coffee Island, is a barrier island
located in the Mississippi Sound
south of downtown Bayou la Batre, Alabama
. It is a 29 acres (117,358.9 m²), state-owned and tidally inundated island. http://www.mobilebaynep.com/news/Coffee%20Island.htm
The island is an important site for colonial nesting shorebirds in coastal Alabama.
Barrier island
Barrier islands, a coastal landform and a type of barrier system, are relatively narrow strips of sand that parallel the mainland coast. They usually occur in chains, consisting of anything from a few islands to more than a dozen...
located in the Mississippi Sound
Mississippi Sound
The Mississippi Sound is a sound along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It runs east-west along the southern coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, from Waveland, Mississippi, to the Dauphin Island Bridge, a distance of about 145 kilometers...
south of downtown Bayou la Batre, Alabama
Bayou La Batre, Alabama
Bayou La Batre is a town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. At the 2000 census, the population was 2,313. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 2,725....
. It is a 29 acres (117,358.9 m²), state-owned and tidally inundated island. http://www.mobilebaynep.com/news/Coffee%20Island.htm
The island is an important site for colonial nesting shorebirds in coastal Alabama.