1. Their boat went aground on a sand bank.

2. It was obvious that the ship was running alongside a sand bank with a shoal water on the port side.

3. Belfast (/ ˈ b ɛ l f ɑː s t / BEL-fahst; from Irish: Béal Feirste, meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford', Irish pronunciation: [bʲeːlˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə]) is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast