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Praia do Quião
Porto · Portugal
The short version, from the cited sources
Quião Beach is an extensive maritime beach of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, located just South of Cape Santo André in the area of A Ver-o-Mar. It has fine to medium sand and several rocky outcrops.
- Country
- Portugal (PT)
- Region
- Europe
- Administrative area
- Porto
- Timezone
- Europe/Lisbon
- Source family
- GeoNames
- Source updated
- 2026-03-01
Names in the record
Praia do Quião
- Praia do Quiao
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- Sand color and composition
- Water and swimming character
- Access and accessibility
- Facilities and lifeguards
- Seasonality and crowd pattern
- Current hazards and restrictions
- Live weather, tide and water-quality feeds
Source position
41.40839, -8.78301
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Direct provenance
Sources behind this record
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- GeoNames Gazetteer ExtractGeoNames ↗
Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 · Retrieved 2026-09-02 - Wikidata beach itemsWikimedia Foundation ↗
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