The barrier islands are found all up and down the coast of Georgia. They could be considered beautiful and wonderful. These barrier islands are named,Tybee Island, St.
Catherine’s Island, Ossabaw Island, Sapelo Island, Sea Island, St. Simons
Island, Jekyll Island, Blackbeard Island, and Cumberland Island
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- Visitation to Cumberland Island is limited to 300 people per day and only accessible by boat.
- Cumberland Island has the most upland of all the Great Barrier Islands.
- Alligators, frogs, snake, turtles, wild horses, and some species of birds are native to Cumberland Island
- The plants native to Cumberland island are willow oaks, palmettos, laurel oaks, and magnolias.
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The island’s marshes could possibly be the most productive marshes
on the planet
