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Punaluu Beach, Hawaii
Anse Chastanet, St. Lucia
Black Sands Beach, California
Cahuita Beach, Costa Rica
Kamari Beach, Greece
Black Sand Beach, Maui
Langkawi Island, Malaysia
Lovina Beach, Bali
Perissa Beach, Greece
Piha Beach, New Zealand
Point Venus, Tahiti
Santo Domingo Beach, Philippines
Vik Beach, Iceland
Black Sand Beach, Alaska
Spiaggia di Ficogrande, Stromboli, Sicily
Karekare Beach, New Zealand
Number One Beach, Dominica
Playa Negro, Puerto Rico
Benijo Beach, Canary Islands
Monterrico Beach, Guatemala
Miho No Matsubara Beach, Japan
Ureki Beach, Georgia
Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland
Kehena Black Sand Beach, Hawaii
While they are rare, black sand beaches exist all over the world wherever there are volcanoes and where, after a millennia, the waves, rain and winds have eroded lava rocks into a fine sand. Most black sand beaches are in tropical places like Hawaii and the Philippines or in the Mediterranean such as Italy and Greece, but there are some beaches covered in black sand where you cannot simply jump into a warm surf, in places such as Alaska and Iceland.
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