List of longest beaches
This is alist of the longest beaches.
| Beach | Country | Continent | Record | Length | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praia do Cassino | Brazil | South America | Longest uninterrupted sandy seashore in the world (disputed; seecoastline paradox) | 212–254 kilometres (132–158 mi) | [1][2][3][4] |
| Eighty Mile Beach | Australia | Oceania | Contender for the longest uninterrupted sandy seashore in the world (disputed; seecoastline paradox) | 230 kilometres (140 mi) | [5][6] |
| Cox's Bazar Beach | Bangladesh | Asia | Longest natural sea beach in the world | 120 kilometres (75 mi) | [7] |
| Padre Island National Seashore | United States | North America | Longest undeveloped barrier island in the world | 105.4 kilometres (65.5 mi) | [8] |
| Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand | New Zealand | Oceania | 88 kilometres (55 mi) | [9] |
Coastline paradox
[edit]Due to thecoastline paradox,it is difficult to determine the longest beach in the world, as the resulting measurements are highly dependent on the resolution at which a beach is recorded. For instance, the more accurately you measure the coast of a given beach, the longer the beach will inevitably become.[10]
See also
[edit]- Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria,Australia, fourth-longest uninterrupted beach in the world
- Stockton Beach,NSW, Australia, 32 km (20 mi)
References
[edit]- ^Hueck, Karin; Miranda, Fabricio; Cohen, Otavio; Iria, Luiz; Garcia, Marcelo (May 2013)."No limite do Brasil: conheça melhor as fronteiras do país".Superinteressante(in Portuguese).Grupo Abril.Archived fromthe originalon 26 July 2013.Retrieved12 March2014.
- ^Susin, Raquel (February 16, 2007)."Maior praia do Brasil"(in Portuguese). Rank Brasil. Archived fromthe originalon 30 January 2009.Retrieved18 July2010.
- ^Hueck, Karin; Miranda, Fabricio; Cohen, Otavio; Iria, Luiz; Garcia, Marcelo (May 2013)."No limite do Brasil: conheça melhor as fronteiras do país".Superinteressante(in Portuguese).Grupo Abril.Archived fromthe originalon 26 July 2013.Retrieved12 March2014.
- ^"The Longest Beaches In The World".WorldAtlas.Retrieved2019-11-13.
- ^Ramsar Convention. (1999, January 1). Ramsar Sites Information Service. Eighty-mile Beach | Ramsar Sites Information Service.https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/480
- ^"Fact Sheet: Eighty Mile Beach • Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development".Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.Retrieved2024-06-19.
- ^"Bangladesh: Tourism".The Europa World Year Book.Taylor & Francis. 2003. p. 679.ISBN978-1-85743-227-5.Archivedfrom the original on 8 June 2019.Retrieved8 May2019.
- ^David Sikes ofCorpus Christi Caller-Times,"Padre Island seashore marks 50th",Laredo Morning Times,December 3, 2012, p. 3A
- ^"Ninety Mile Beach – Northland & Bay of Islands, New Zealand".newzealand.
- ^Steinhaus, Hugo (1954)."Length, shape and area".Colloquium Mathematicum(in Polish).3:1–13.doi:10.4064/cm-3-1-1-13.ISSN0010-1354.