List of longest beaches explained

This is a list of the longest beaches.

Longest beaches

Beach	Country	Continent	Record	Length	References
	Brazil	South America	Longest uninterrupted sandy seashore in the world (disputed; see coastline paradox)	NaNkm (-2,147,483,648miles)	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]
	Australia	Oceania	Contender for the longest uninterrupted sandy seashore in the world (disputed; see coastline paradox)	230km (140miles)	^[5]	Ramsar Sites Information Service. https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/480^[6]
	Bangladesh	Asia	Longest natural sea beach in the world	120km (80miles)	^[7]
	United States	North America	Longest undeveloped barrier island in the world	105.4km (65.5miles)	^[8]
	New Zealand	Oceania		88km (55miles)	^[9]

Coastline paradox

Due to the coastline 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

• Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria, Australia, fourth-longest uninterrupted beach in the world
• Stockton Beach, NSW, Australia, 320NaN0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hueck. Karin. No limite do Brasil: conheça melhor as fronteiras do país. Superinteressante. Grupo Abril. 12 March 2014. Miranda, Fabricio. Cohen, Otavio. Iria, Luiz. Garcia, Marcelo. Portuguese. May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130726022521/http://super.abril.com.br/multimidia/fronteiras-brasil-747582.shtml. 26 July 2013. dead.
2. Web site: Susin, Raquel . February 16, 2007 . Maior praia do Brasil . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130103747/http://www.rankbrasil.com.br/Recordes/Materias/?Maior_praia_do_Brasil+1036&Grupo=3 . 30 January 2009 . 18 July 2010 . Rank Brasil . Portuguese.
3. Web site: Hueck . Karin . Miranda, Fabricio . Cohen, Otavio . Iria, Luiz . Garcia, Marcelo . May 2013 . No limite do Brasil: conheça melhor as fronteiras do país . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130726022521/http://super.abril.com.br/multimidia/fronteiras-brasil-747582.shtml . 26 July 2013 . 12 March 2014 . . . Portuguese.
4. Web site: The Longest Beaches In The World . 2019-11-13 . WorldAtlas . en.
5. Ramsar Convention. (1999, January 1). Ramsar Sites Information Service. Eighty-mile Beach
6. Web site: Fact Sheet: Eighty Mile Beach • Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development . 2024-06-19 . Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development . en-AU.
7. Book: . 2003 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-85743-227-5 . 679 . Bangladesh: Tourism . https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA679 . 8 May 2019 . 8 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190608200421/https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA679 . live .
8. David Sikes of Corpus Christi Caller-Times, "Padre Island seashore marks 50th", Laredo Morning Times, December 3, 2012, p. 3A
9. Web site: Ninety Mile Beach – Northland & Bay of Islands, New Zealand . www.newzealand.com.
10. Steinhaus . Hugo . 1954 . Length, shape and area . Colloquium Mathematicum . pl . 3 . 1–13 . 10.4064/cm-3-1-1-13 . 0010-1354.