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Playa de Benijo
Taganana · Spain
The short version, from the cited sources
Black volcanic sand at the far end of the Anaga massif, with the Roques de Anaga standing offshore and laurel forest on the ridges above. The north coast takes the full Atlantic swell and the currents here are strong.
- Country
- Spain (ES)
- Region
- Europe
- Sand
- Black
- Water
- Strong north-coast atlantic swell
- Administrative area
- Canary Islands
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Canary
- Source family
- GeoNames
- Source updated
- 2011-09-11
Names in the record
Playa de Benijo
No alternate names were supplied by the source.
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- Access and accessibility
- Facilities and lifeguards
- Seasonality and crowd pattern
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Source position
28.57309, -16.19350
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Direct provenance
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Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.
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