off-lying

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This portion of the shore is very rocky in places, and numerous points of off-lying reefs project from the water.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden

England to the south in America had just the ragged coast line, with its off-lying islands and islets, liked by all this gentry, whether smuggler or pirate outright.

From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Johnston, Mary

An analysis of the somewhat imperfect data which accompany these returns indicates that about three fourths were seized in the Bay of Fundy and in the off-lying waters from thence round to Newfoundland.

From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

The shore is not only broken into rough headlands, but has a number of off-lying islets.

From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)

We were also enabled to lengthen our journeys, as we had very smooth ice to travel over, the off-lying islets keeping the rough pack from pressing in upon the shore.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold