List of beaches

This is a list of beaches of the world, sorted by country. A beach is a landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake, or river. It usually consists of loose particles, which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones. Beaches typically occur in areas along the coast where wave or current action deposits and reworks sediments. The particles comprising a beach are occasionally biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.

A lifeguard tower at Miami Beach, the most popular beach in the world.^[1]

Afghanistan

Qargha Reservoir in Afghanistan

• Qargha Reservoir

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Baía Azul in Angola

• Baía Azul
• Coatinha beach in Benguela
• Mussulo beach in Luanda
• Praia Do Cangulo in Namibe

Antigua and Barbuda

There are 365 beaches on Antigua.^[2] The following are some of beaches in Antigua and Barbuda:^[3]

• Cocoa Point beach, Barbuda, 17°32′59″N 61°45′58″W / 17.54985°N 61.76615°W / 17.54985; -61.76615 (Cocoa Point beach)^[3]
• Devil's Bridge beach, Saint Philip, Antigua and Barbuda, 17°06′00″N 61°41′00″W / 17.1°N 61.68333°W / 17.1; -61.68333 (Devil's Bridge beach)^[3]
• Eden beach, near Five Islands, Antigua, 17°06′36″N 61°54′04″W / 17.11002553033083°N 61.90116117794223°W / 17.11002553033083; -61.90116117794223 (Eden Beach)^[4][2]
• Five Islands beach, Antigua
• Galleon beach, 17°00′41″N 61°45′37″W / 17.0114435103927°N 61.76020144997577°W / 17.0114435103927; -61.76020144997577 (Galleon beach)^[4]
• Half Moon Bay, SE coast, Antigua^[2]
• Jolly beach, Saint Mary, Antigua 17°04′10″N 61°53′23″W / 17.06952°N 61.88961°W / 17.06952; -61.88961 (Jolly beach)^[3][2]
• Little Ffryes Beach, Antigua^[2]
• Pigeon cliff beach, Barbuda, 17°38′40″N 61°44′49″W / 17.64446°N 61.74686°W / 17.64446; -61.74686 (Pigeon Cliff beach)
• Pink sand beach, Barbuda, 17°35′32″N 61°49′26″W / 17.592323310577704°N 61.82401923374897°W / 17.592323310577704; -61.82401923374897 (Barbuda Pink sand beach)^[5]
• Runaway Beach, Dickenson Bay, Runaway Bay, Antigua17°08′43″N 61°51′32″W / 17.14538°N 61.85895°W / 17.14538; -61.85895 (Runaway Beach)^[6]

Argentina

One of the beaches of Mar del Plata, Argentina during summer tourism season

Source: Argentina's Travel Guide — Beaches^[7]

Armenia

Sevan beach

• Sevan

Australia

New South Wales

Hyams Beach in Jervis Bay, which features white sand.

Lady Robinsons Beach in Dolls Point, Sydney.

Surfers Paradise, Queensland.

• Avalon Beach (Northern Beaches)
• Bondi Beach
• Bronte Beach
• Coogee Beach
• Cronulla Beach
• Dee Why Beach
• Lady Robinsons Beach
• Manly Beach
• Maroubra Beach
• Palm Beach
• Tamarama
• Hyams Beach
• Duranbah Beach, Tweed Heads
• Byron Bay
• Casuarina Beach, Tweed Heads
• Central Coast

Azerbaijan

Sea Breeze resort in Baku, Azerbaijan

Bahamas

• Paradise Island

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, the longest beach in the world^[9]

Barbados

Belgium

Ostend Beach in Belgium in 1895

Belize

Almond Beach, Belize

Brazil

Ipanema is one of the most famous beaches in the world.^[10]

Brunei

• Muara beach

Bulgaria

A panorama image of Sunny Beach, Bulgaria

• Albena
• Bolata
• Golden Sands
• Sunny Beach

Cambodia

Koh Rong Sanloem, Cambodia

• Sihanoukville Beaches
• Sihanoukville Island Beaches

Cameroon

Kribi beach, Cameroon

• Kribi Beach
• Limbe Beach

Canada

Cape Verde

The Tarrafal beach

• Cabo de Santa Maria – has a 10 km beach
• Flamengos
• Praia Grande
• Tarrafal

Chile

• Anakena (Easter Island)

China

Deep Water Bay Beach, Hong Kong

• Xichong, Shenzhen
• Yalong Bay, Hainan

Colombia

Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia

• Bahía Solano
• Bocagrande in Cartagena
• Malpelo Island
• San Andrés - an island
• Tayrona National Natural Park

Comoros

• Le Galawa Beach – located in Mitsamiouli, Grande Comore, at the Le Galawa Beach Hotel^[11]

Costa Rica

A panoramic view of Las Baulas National Marine Park and Playa Grande, located 2 km from downtown Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Guanacaste Province

Limon Province

Puntarenas Province

Croatia

Pasjača, Konavle, Croatia

Cuba

• Varadero

Cyprus

Coral Bay, Cyprus, Cyprus in 2007

• Coral Bay
• Faros beach
• Fig Tree Bay
• Nissi beach

Denmark

Kitesurfers at Amager Strandpark in Copenhagen

Ecuador

Egypt

The shoreline at Dahab, Egypt

El Salvador

• Costa del Sol
• La Libertad
• Playa El Cuco
• Playa El Majahual
• Playa El Sunzal
• Playa El Tunco
• Playa El Zonte
• Playa San Diego

Estonia

Fiji

• Yanuca – an island with white sandy beaches and lush vegetation

Finland

Hietaniemi beach in Finland

• Hietaniemi beach
• Kangasjärvi – a small lake with a small beach
• Koitere – a large lake with many beaches
• Ruissalo – an island in the Archipelago Sea with a beach in its southwest
• Yyteri one of the longest sand beaches in Nordics

France

Quiberon in France

Gambia

A fish market at Bakau in Gambia

• Bakau
• Fajara
• Kololi

Georgia

A beach at Batumi, Georgia

• Anaklia beaches
• Batumi beaches
• Chakvi, Gonio
• Gagra
• Kobuleti beaches
• Sukhumi
• Ureki

Germany

A typical German Baltic Sea beach: Darss West Beach, near Ahrenshoop

Ghana

• Labadi Beach

Greece

Thiorichia Beach in Greece

• Gytheio, Laconia — Mani
• Milos Island Beaches
• Rhodes
• Valtos Beach, Parga
• Zacharo

Guatemala

• Monterrico

Haiti

Labadee, Haiti

Hungary

• Balatonberény

India

Varkala Beach, Trivandrum, Kerala

Indonesia

Iran

Ireland

Kilkee Beach on the west coast of Ireland

Israel

Italy

Cinque Terre in Italy is a UESCO World Heritage Site.

Ivory Coast

• Assinie

Jamaica

• Negril

Japan

Kujukuri Beach on a summer evening in Japan.

• Gappo Park
• Kujukuri Beach
• Tenjin Beach
• Tenno Beach

Jordan

• Aqaba – has beach resorts
• Beach clubs exist at the Dead Sea and Aqaba

Kenya

Sunset at Diani Beach in Kenya.

Kiribati

• Aranuka
• Birnie Island
• Nakaa Beach
• Teraina

North Korea

South Korea

Haeundae Beach in South Korea

• Gwangalli Beach, Busan
• Haeundae Beach, Busan

Lebanon

Beach volleyball on the shore of Byblos, Lebanon

• Byblos Beach
• Chekka Beach
• El Mina
• Tabarja Beach
• Tyre Beach Natural Reserve

Madagascar

The beach and a church at Belo sur Mer in Madagascar

• Belo sur Mer
• Canal des Pangalanes – beaches along a series of man made canals linking natural lakes and rivers running down the east coast of Madagascar
• Ifaty beach – near Toliara
• Mahajanga

Malaysia

Maldives

Malta

See also: Beaches in Malta

Għajn Tuffieħa bay, Malta

Mauritius

Trou-aux-Biches beach, Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia

• Taga Beach – in Tinian, one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Uruno Beach in Guam

Montenegro

Bečići, Montenegro was voted the most beautiful European beach in 1935.

Morocco

An aerial view of Agadir, Morocco

• Agadir
• Essaouira
• Saïdia

Mozambique

• Vamizi Island

Myanmar

Ngapali Beach, Myanmar

Netherlands

Eagle Beach in Aruba

• Katwijk aan zee
• Maarsseveense plassen
• Noordwijk
• Scheveningen
• Zandvoort aan zee

New Zealand

Tōtaranui Beach in Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Elegushi Beach, Nigeria

• Bar Beach, Lagos
• Elegushi Beach
• Kuramo Beach
• Port Harcourt Tourist Beach

Norway

Solastranda, Sola

Oman

• Al Sawadi
• Sur Beaches

Palestine

Pakistan

Hawke's Bay Beach in Karachi, Pakistan

Panama

View of Taboga Island, Panama

Caribbean Coast

• Isla Grande

Pacific Coast

• Taboga

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Reed fishing boats at Huanchaco

Philippines

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Flamenco Beach in Puerto Rico is consistently ranked among the best beaches in the world.^[15][16]

Qatar

Romania

The beach at Neptun, Romania

Russia

• Curonian Spit
• Lazurnaya Bay
• Zelenogradsk

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts

• Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts
• Pinney's Beach, Nevis

Saint Lucia

Reduit Beach

The following are some of the most popular and well known beaches in the island nation of Saint Lucia:^[17][18]

• Anse Chastanet beach on Chastanet Bay in Soufrière District
• Anse Cochon beach on Cochon Bay in Canaries District
• Anse de Sables beach in Vieux Fort District
• Anse Louvet beach in Dennery District
• Anse Mamin on Anse Bay in Soufrière District
• Grande Anse beach in Gros Islet District
• Laborie Bay in Laborie District
• Marigot Bay in Castries District
• Pigeon Island beach in Gros Islet District
• Reduit Beach, Rodney Bay in Gros Islet District
• La Toc Beach in Castries District
• Vigie Beach, near the George F. L. Charles Airport in Castries District

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Beaches on the east coast of Mustique

• Mustique

Serbia

Seychelles

Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles

• Anse Lazio

Singapore

South Africa

Spain

The beach of Sardinero, Santander, Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

• Laholm Bay Beach
• Skrea strand

Taiwan

Tanzania

A beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania

• Zanzibar

Thailand

Ao Nang beach, Thailand

Tonga

• Ha'apai

Trinidad and Tobago

Maracas Beach, Trinidad

Tunisia

• Sounine

Turkey

İztuzu Beach, Turkey

Ukraine

• Arcadia Beach, Odesa (Odesa Oblast)
• Hydropark, Kyiv
• Trukhaniv Island, Kyiv

United Kingdom

United States

Due to its prominent role in many Hollywood movies, Venice Beach, California is one of the most widely recognized beaches in the world.

Ofu Beach in American Samoa National Park, United States

A surfer rides the break at Sunset Beach, California

Uruguay

Vietnam

A beach at Phú Quốc, Vietnam

See also

References

External links

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