Saltes Island

Saltes Island is a little fluvial island situated in the Huelva River estuary in the area of Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. The island is a piece of the Odiel Marshes biosphere hold. Saltes Island is the southernmost island inside the Odiel Marshes Natural Park, the second biggest wetland in Andalusia. It lies at the conjunction of the Odiel and Rio Tinto rivers. The island is for the most part overwhelm with sand-concealed edges to 3 meters 9.8 ft high. Its dirt has an imperative environment of vegetation, including types of spoonbills, flamingos, egrets and storks. Saltes Island and the close-by city of Huelva are conceivable locales of the semi-legendary city of Tartessos.
In his Ora Maritima, the Roman writer Avienus alluded to Tartessos as the "island between two waterways". Previously, the Greek history specialist Strabo composed of Phoenicians cruising to the zone in the 8^th century BC whose prophet instructed them to construct a sanctuary for Hercules. Verifiably, between the legend and Biblical references to Tarshish in the Book of Kings, Tartessos had gone under Greek impact in the mid 7^th century BC. Archeological examination of the island has revealed Roman establishments identified with angling and ocean salt creation, and in addition the remaining parts of the city of Salthish, an 11^th century Muslim settlement, some portion of the Taifa of Saltes and Huelva. The city was additionally occupied with angling and exchange because of its oceanic area.