What country is famous for its white sand beaches?

White Beach, Boracay, Philippines White Beach is known for its striking white sand, turquoise seas, beautiful palm trees, and bustling nightlife.



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The World's Beaches With the Whitest Sand
  • 01 of 10. Queensland, Australia. maydays / Getty Images. ...
  • 02 of 10. Clearwater, Florida, USA. ...
  • 03 of 10. Bora Bora, Tahiti. ...
  • 04 of 10. Outer Hebrides, Scotland. ...
  • 05 of 10. Boracay, Philippines. ...
  • 06 of 10. Lofoten Islands, Norway. ...
  • 07 of 10. Zanzibar, Tanzania. ...
  • 08 of 10. Jericoacoara, Brazil.


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As for the honor of the world's whitest sand? Well, it goes to the little-known beach at Hyam's Beach, on the shores of Jervis Bay in the Australia state of New South Wales.

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Matira Beach, Bora Bora, French Polynesia Stretching for one mile on the southern end of Bora Bora, this is the largest public beach on the island. Perfectly white sand is juxtaposed with the clear blue Polynesian water just steps away.

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About 220 miles off the coast of Brazil, Baia do Sancho is regularly deemed the world's best beach. UNESCO designation and careful government protections keep it and the entire Fernando de Noronha archipelago pristine.

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The Weddell Sea has been claimed by scientists to have the clearest waters of any ocean in the world. Described by a historian as “the most wretched and dismal region on earth”, due to the flash freezes that caught Shackleton's ship, its clarity is only belied by the sheer depth of the ocean below.

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Bioluminescent phyto plankton around the Maldives occasionally washes up onto the shore, making the sand glow in the dark in a dazzling shade of aqua blue.

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With some of the world's best islands, it's no surprise that the Maldives is a favorite destination for travelers who want to be surrounded by the clearest water in the world.

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