Is Long Beach WA really the longest beach in the world?

Contrary to the proclamation The World's Longest Beach emblazoned on the archway over Bolstad street in the town of Long Beach, the beach here is not the longest beach in the world. It should be called the World's Longest Continuous Peninsula Beach because it is the world's longest beach on a peninsula.



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Marina beach in Chennai along the Bay of Bengal is India's longest and world's second longest beach. This predominantly sandy of nearly 12 kilometers extends from Beasant Nagar in the south to Fort St. George in the north. Chennai Marina beach was renovated by Governor Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff in 1880s.

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  • Praia do Cassino, Brazil. Length of the beach: 254 km (158 miles) ...
  • The Coorong, Australia. Length of the beach: 194 km (121 miles) ...
  • Ninety Mile Beach, Australia. Length of the beach: 145 km (90 miles) ...
  • Cox's Bazar Beach, Bangladesh. Length of the beach: 120 km (75 miles) ...
  • Padre Island, United States.


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10 Longest Beaches In The World That Would Make You Feel Lost On The Shore
  1. 1 Praia do Cassino, Brazil.
  2. 2 Eighty Mile Beach, Australia. ...
  3. 3 Ninety Mile Beach, Australia. ...
  4. 4 Cox's Bazar Beach, Bangladesh. ...
  5. 5 Padre Island, United States. ...
  6. 6 Grand Strand, United States. ...
  7. 7 Playa Novillero, Mexico. ...
  8. 8 Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand. ...


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The discovery of oil in Long Beach and Signal Hill in 1921 triggered a rapid growth, with a million-dollar-per-month construction boom in Downtown. It also helped establish the town as a popular seaside resort and port city, with the boardwalk entertainment area known as The Pike attracting many visitors.

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Playa de Gulpiyuri is a flooded sinkhole with an inland beach located near Llanes, in Asturias Northern Spain, around 100 m from the Cantabrian Sea. It is the shortest beach in the world.

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Black sand comes from eroded volcanic material such as lava, basalt rocks, and other dark-colored rocks and minerals, and is typically found on beaches near volcanic activity. Black-sand beaches are common in Hawaii, the Canary Islands, and the Aleutians.

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Australia's coastline stretches almost 50,000 kilometres and is linked by over 10,000 beaches, more than any other country in the world.

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