Wide view of Red Beach, Akrotiri, Santorini.

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Red Beach (Santorini)

Akrotiri · Greece

Red volcanic cliffs above the cove of Red Beach, Santorini
The Red Beach of Santorini.

The short version, from the cited sources

Red Beach is a volcanic sand beach on the Aegean island of Santorini, famed for the red-hued sand and cliffs that give it its name, and a popular tourist attraction.

Country
Greece (GR)
Region
Europe
Sand
Red
Administrative area
South Aegean
Timezone
Europe/Athens
Source family
GeoNames
Source updated
2018-01-19

Names in the record

Red Beach (Santorini)

  • Red Beach

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Source position

36.34901, 25.39400

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Sources behind this record

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  1. 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
  2. Wikidata beach itemsWikimedia Foundation ↗

    Coordinates, administrative area, body of water, length and typed beach class read from the beach item's own statements; the per-record citation links the item.

    CC0 1.0 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
  3. Wikipedia beach articlesWikimedia Foundation ↗

    Encyclopedia articles used for the editorial summary of illustrated records; the per-record citation links the specific article.

    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
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