Editing Amagansett, New York (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has an area of {{convert|17.0|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|16.9|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.37%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

At the end of the last Ice Age, Amagansett stood at Long Island's eastern tip. At that time, Montauk was an island in the Atlantic. In the intervening several thousand years, ocean currents, or littoral drift, filled in space with sand. This area is now known as [[Napeague, New York|Napeague]].

Distinct places within Amagansett include Amagansett village, Beach Hampton, and the Devon Colony on Gardiner's Bay. Other places of geographic significance include the "Walking Dunes" in Napeague and the Atlantic Double Dunes, which are protected by [[The Nature Conservancy]] and local and federal governments.