According to technicians of the MOSE - the system of mobile bulkheads for controlling high water in Venice - its recent use has had an unexpected effect, namely that of keeping the so-called Bacàn Island, a strip of land between the island of Sant'Erasmo and the Lido harbor, on the surface even in winter: in the past, it disappeared as sea levels rose, only to re-emerge in summer. The island of Bacàn, or also called just the Bacàn, is mostly known by locals: it is more than 200 meters long, and in summer it is reached by those looking for an uncrowded beach. It is not a popular destination for tourists, who mostly have guided tours available to reach it. The island has also returned to the surface these days, to the surprise of the technicians who manage the MOSE. The dynamics by which the island is said to have consolidated are still not entirely clear, but according to infrastructure engineers it is thanks to the MOSE itself, which is activated when the tide in the lagoon rises above 110 centimeters and thus serves to stabilize the tides around Venice. According to Giovanni Cecconi, engineer and director of the MOSE control area, the infrastructure would in fact have made the Bacàn permanent through the active management of the tides: "They said that the Mose would erase the Bacàn, instead thanks to the Mose what before was a sand deposit with a very shallow bottom is now an island 260 meters long and ten meters wide”.