North America · Illustrated record
Playa Negra
Puerto Viejo · Costa Rica
The short version, from the cited sources
Dark volcanic sand on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, with rainforest growing to the back of the beach. Warmer and calmer than the Pacific coast, and much quieter than the beaches either side of it.
- Country
- Costa Rica (CR)
- Region
- North America
- Sand
- Black
- Water
- Warm caribbean, generally calm
- Administrative area
- Limón Province
- Timezone
- America/Costa_Rica
- Source family
- GeoNames
- Source updated
- 2022-04-20
Names in the record
Playa Negra
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Source position
9.74339, -82.85207
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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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