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

• Qargha Reservoir

Albania

The Albanian Riviera, near Borsh

Algeria

The beach at Beni Haoua, Algeria

Angola

Baía Azul, Angola

• Baía Azul
• Coatinha beach in Benguela

Antigua and Barbuda

There are 365 beaches on Antigua.^[1] The following are some of beaches in Antigua and Barbuda:^[2]

• 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)^[2]
• 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)^[2]
• 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)^[3][1]
• 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)^[3]
• Half Moon Bay, SE coast, Antigua^[1]
• 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)^[2][1]
• Little Ffryes Beach, Antigua^[1]
• 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)^[4]
• 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)^[5]

Argentina

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

Source: Argentina's Travel Guide — Beaches^[6]

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

Nabran Beach

Bahamas

• Paradise Island

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, the longest beach in the world^[8]

Barbados

Belgium

The promenade at Ostend seaside

Belize

Almond Beach, Belize

Brazil

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

Brunei

• Muara beach

Bulgaria

A panorama image of Sunny Beach, Bulgaria

• Albena
• Bolata
• Golden Sands
• Sunny Beach

Cambodia

Koh Rong Sanloem Island, Saracen Bay Beach

• Sihanoukville Beaches
• Sihanoukville Island Beaches

Cameroon

Kribi beach, Cameroon

• Kribi Beach
• Limbe Beach

Canada

Sauble Beach in Ontario, Canada

Cape Verde

The Tarrafal beach

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

Chile

• Anakena (Easter Island)

China

A view of Yalong Bay

• Xichong, Shenzhen
• Yalong Bay, Hainan

Colombia

Cabo San Juan, Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia.

Comoros

• Le Galawa Beach – located in Mitsamiouli, Grande Comore, at the Le Galawa Beach Hotel^[9]

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 beach

• 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

• 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

Argelès-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales

Gambia

Fajara beach

• 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

The sandy beach of Zacharo, 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

• Astara, Iran
• Bandar-e Anzali, Caspian Sea
• Babolsar, Caspian Sea
• Kiashahr, Caspian Sea
• Langarud, Caspian Sea
• Rasht, Caspian Sea
• In the south Persian gulf Khuzestan province, Bushehr province, Sistan, Hormozgan province
• Kish Island
• Qeshm
• Hormuz Island
• Bandar Abbas

Ireland

Kilkee Beach on the west coast of Ireland

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

The beach at Assinie

• Assinie

Jamaica

• Negril

Japan

An aerial view of Kujūkuri Beach, Bōsō Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

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

Jordan

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

Kenya

White sand and palm trees along Diani Beach, Kenya

Kiribati

A beach on Birnie Island

• Aranuka
• Birnie Island
• Nakaa Beach
• Teraina

North Korea

Hamhung Beach North Korea

South Korea

Gwangalli Beach, South Korea

• Gwangalli Beach, Busan
• Haeundae Beach, Busan

Lebanon

Beach volleyball on the shore of Byblos, Lebanon

Madagascar

The beach and a church at Belo sur Mer

• 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

Batu Ferringhi, Penang

Maldives

Malta

See also: Beaches in Malta

Għajn Tuffieħa bay, Malta

Mauritius

Trou-aux-Biches beach, Mauritius

Mexico

Punta Maroma, 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

Jaz Beach, Montenegro

Morocco

An aerial view of Agadir, Morocco

• Agadir
• Essaouira
• Saïdia

Mozambique

• Vamizi Island

Myanmar

Ngapali Beach, Myanmar

Netherlands

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

Aruba

Eagle Beach in Aruba

• Eagle Beach
• Palm Beach

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New Zealand

Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Coconut beach in Lagos

Norway

Solastranda, Sola

Mongolia

• Lake Khovsgol beaches

Oman

• Al Sawadi
• Sur Beaches

Palestine

Pakistan

Hawke's Bay Beach in Karachi, Pakistan

Manora Beach in Sindh

• Astola Island
• Cape Monze
• Clifton Beach
• French Beach
• Gadani Beach
• Gwadar Bay
• Gwadar Beach
• Hawke's Bay
• Ibrahim Hyderi
• Jiwani Bay
• Korangi Creek
• Kund Malir
• Manora Beach
• Nathia Gali Beach
• Ormara Beach
• Ormara Turtle Beaches
• Paradise Point
• Sandspit Beach

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

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

Vigie Beach

Reduit Beach

The following are some of the most popular and well known beaches in the island nation of Saint Lucia:^[12][13]

• 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

Changi Beach Park, Singapore

South Africa

Spain

The beach of Sardinero, Santander, Spain

Sri Lanka

The beach at Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka in July 2010

Sweden

Laholm Bay Beach

• Laholm Bay Beach
• Skrea strand

Taiwan

Fulong Beach, Taiwan

Tanzania

A beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania

• Zanzibar

Thailand

Ao Nang beach, Thailand

Tonga

• Ha'apai

Trinidad and Tobago

Maracas Beach

Pigeon Point, Tobago

Tunisia

The coastline at Sounine, Tunisia

• Sounine

Turkey

İztuzu Beach

Ukraine

Arcadia Beach, Odesa

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

United Kingdom

United States

South Beach in Miami, Florida

Uruguay

Piriápolis, Uruguay

Vietnam

A beach at Phú Quốc

See also

References

External links

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