List of beaches

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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.

Afghanistan

• Lake Qargha

Albania

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  The Albanian Riviera, near Borsh, Albania

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  A beach in Sarandë

Algeria

Source: Beaches in Algeria^[2]

• 

  The beach at Beni Haoua, Algeria

Angola

• Baía Azul
• Coatinha beach in Benguela

• 

  Baía Azul

Argentina

Source: Argentina's Travel Guide — Beaches.^[3]

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

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  San Clemente del Tuyú during the off season

Australia

Azerbaijan

• Shikhov Beach

Bahamas

• Paradise Island

An aerial view of Paradise Island, Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belgium

• Bredene
• Ostend

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  The promenade at Ostend seaside, Belgium

Belize

Mainland Beaches

• Almond Beach, Hopkins
• Maya Beach, Placencia
• Sabal Beach, Punta Negra
• Sarteneja
• Orchid Bay, Corozal
• Monkey River Beach
• Cerros Beach (A mini Tulum)
• Cucumber Beach, Mile 4, Western Highway
• Gales Point Lagoon
• Honey Camp Lagoon

Popular Cayes

• San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye
• Caye Caulker
• Coco Plum Island
• Half Moon Caye
• Laughing Bird Caye
• Goff's Caye
• St. George's Caye
• Tobacco Caye
• Blackadore Caye
• Caye Chapel
• Sapodilla Cayes

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  Almond Beach, Hopkins, Belize

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  Facing south on Hunting Caye, with Lime Caye in the background, both part of the Sapodilla Cayes

Brazil

A panoramic view of Praia de Botafogo (Botafogo Beach) in Brazil, with Pão de Açúcar and Morro da Urca in the background.

Brunei

Brunei and Muara district

• Muara beach

Lawas district

• Punang Beach
• Sungai Bangat Beach

Serasa district

• Serasa Beach – where the Royal Brunei Yacht Club is also located.
• Meragang Beach
• Muara Beach

Bulgaria

• Albena
• Bolata
• Golden Sands
• Sunny Beach

A panorama image of Sunny Beach, Bulgaria

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

Ngapali Beach, Myanmar

Cambodia

• Sihanoukville Beaches

• Sihanoukville Island Beaches

Cameroon

• Kribi Beach
• Limbe Beach

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  A beach in Kribi, Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

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

• 

  The Tarrafal beach

Chile

• Anakena
• Arica

China

• Yalong Bay, Hainan
• Xichong, Shenzhen

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  A view of Yalong Bay

Taiwan

• Baisha Bay
• Chihsingtan Beach
• Fulong Beach
• Neipi Beach
• South Bay
• Yanliao Beach Park

Colombia

Comoros

• Le Galawa Beach – located in Mitsamiouli, Grande Comore, at the Le Galawa Beach Hotel^[4]

Costa Rica

Limon Province

Guanacaste Province

Puntarenas Province

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

Croatia

• Brela, Croatia
• Sahara Beach, Lopar, Island of Rab
• Zlatni Rat, Bol, Island of Brač
• Zrće, near Novalja, Island of Pag

Cuba

• Varadero

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  Varadero beach

Cyprus

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

Denmark

• Amager Strand, Copenhagen
• Balka Strand, Bornholm
• Bisnap Strand, North Jutland Island
• Dueodde, Bornholm
• Fanø Bad, Fanø
• Gudmindrup Strand, northern Zealand
• Hornbæk Strand, Nordsjælland.
• Marielyst Strand, Falster
• Råbylille Strand, Møn
• Skagen Strand, North Jutland Island
• Skallerup Klit, North Jutland Island.
• Smørmosen Strand, Thurø
• Vesterø Strand, Læsø

Ecuador

Egypt

• Dahab
• Gamasa
• Hurghada
• Maamoura Beach, Alexandria
• Mersa Matruh
• Mersa Matruh
• Ras El Bar
• Sharm el-Sheikh
• Sidi Abdel Rahman
• Taba

Estonia

• 

  Aa beach

• 

  The beach at Pühajärv lake

Fiji

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

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 an unofficial nude beach in its southwest area

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  Hietaniemi beach

France

Corsica

• Porto-Vecchio

South west

Great South

Martinique

• Le Diamant

Pyrénées-Orientales

• Argelès-sur-Mer
• Banyuls-sur-Mer
• Canet-en-Roussillon
• Collioure
• Saint-Cyprien

French Polynesia

• Bora Bora

A panoramic image of Bora Bora, French Polynesia

• Teahupo'o

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  Kite surfing at Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Gambia

• Bakau
• Fajara
• Kololi

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  The fish market at Bakau, Gambia

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  Fajara beach

Georgia

• Anaklia beaches
• Batumi beaches
• Chaqvi, Gonio
• Gagra
• Kobuleti beaches
• Sokumi
• Ureki

Germany

Ghana

• Labadi Beach

Greece

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

Grenada

• Anse La Roche'
• Grand Anse Beach
• Paradise Beach, Carriacou

Guatemala

• Monterrico

Haiti

• Labadee, Jacmel
• Port-Salut
• Abaka Bay, Île-à-Vache

Hungary

• Balatonberény – has a nudist beach

India

Indonesia

Iran

• Bandar-e Anzali – has a beach along the Sefid River

Beaches along the Caspian Sea

• Babolsar
• Kiashahr – has a wooden bridge that connects the city and the beach along the Caspian Sea
• Langarud – beaches along the Caspian Sea
• Rasht – beaches along the Caspian Sea are a significant attraction

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

• Assinie

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  The beach at Assinie

Jamaica

Japan

• Kujukuri Beach
• Tenjin Beach
• Tenno Beach

Jordan

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

Kenya

• Bamburi Beach, Mombasa County
• Diani Beach, Kwale County
• Funzi Island Beach, Kwale County
• Kilifi Beach, Kilifi County
• Malindi Beach, Kilifi County
• Mtwapa Beach, Kilifi County
• Tiwi Beach, Kwale County
• Watamu Beach, Kilifi County

Kiribati

• Aranuka – an atoll with sandy beaches
• Birnie Island – has beaches
• Nakaa Beach
• Teraina – a coral atoll with beaches

South Korea

• Gwangalli Beach, Busan
• Haeundae Beach, Busan

Lebanon

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  Beach volleyball on the shore of Byblos, Lebanon

Lithuania

• Palanga beach — A small, unofficial naturist beach
• Klaipeda naturist beach — A large official naturist beach
• Nida naturist beach — A very large, official naturist beach

Madagascar

• Belo sur Mer
• Canal des Pangalanes – a series of man made canals linking natural lakes and rivers running down the east coast of Madagascar, and one of the longest canals in the world, it has unspoiled beaches that are popular with tourists.
• Ifaty beach – near Toliara
• Mahajanga

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  The beach and a church at Belo sur Mer

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  Ifaty beach, near Toliara

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  The Boulevard Pointcarre (promenade) in Mahajanga, Madagascar, looking south

Malaysia

Malta

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  Għajn Tuffieħa bay, Malta

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  Mellieha Bay

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  Pretty Bay

Mauritius

• Flic en Flac
• La Preneuse
• Trou-aux-Biches

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

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  Jaz Beach, Montenegro

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  Sveti Stefan

Morocco

• Agadir
• Essaouira
• Saïdia

Netherlands

Aruba

• Eagle Beach
• Palm Beach, Aruba

Source: Aruba Vacation Travel Guide^[5] Beach Map^[6]

Eagle Beach in Aruba

New Zealand

Nigeria

Pakistan

Panama

Caribbean Coast

• Isla Grande

Pacific Coast

• Taboga

Peru

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  Fisherman reed boats at Huanchaco, Trujillo, Peru

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  Santa María del Mar

Philippines

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

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  The beach at Neptun, Romania

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  The beach at Venus

Russia

• Curonian Spit
• Lazurnaya Bay
• Zelenogradsk

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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

Saint Lucia

• Vigie Beach

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  Vigie Beach is 2 km north of Castries, Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Mustique

Seychelles

• Anse Lazio

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  Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles

Singapore

• Changi Beach Park
• East Coast Park
• Palawan Beach, Siloso Beach & Tanjong Beach – Sentosa Island of Singapore
• West Coast Park

Somalia

• Al-Jazira, Mogadishu
• Baathela, Berbera
• Lido, Mogadishu

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

• Zanzibar

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  A beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Thailand

Ao Nang beach

Tonga

• Ha'apai
• Tongatapu-Fo'ui (Faahina)

Trinidad and Tobago

• Cedros, Trinidad and Tobago
• Chaguaramas, Trinidad
• Manzanilla Beach, Trinidad and Tobago
• Maracas Beach
• Mayaro Bay
• Toco

Tobago

• Englishman's Bay
• Pigeon Point

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  Pigeon Point, Tobago

Tunisia

• Sounine

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  The coastline at Sounine, Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

• Arcadia Beach, Odessa (Odessa Oblast)
• Hydropark, Kiev
• Trukhaniv Island, Kiev

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  Arcadia Beach, Odessa, Ukraine

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  Hydropark on the Dnieper River in Kiev

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

• La Pedrera
• Malvín
• Piriápolis
• Pocitos
• Punta del Este
• Santa Isabel de La Pedrera

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  Piriápolis, Uruguay

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  Pocitos is an upscale beach barrio

Vietnam

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