Wide view of Ses Illetes, Formentera, Balearic Islands.

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Ses Illetes

Formentera · Spain

View of Ses Illetes in Formentera
Ses Illetes in Formentera.

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Ses Illetes occupies the narrow sand spit at Formentera's northern tip, where bars of white sand separate sheets of extraordinarily clear, shallow water on both sides. The clarity owes much to the protected Posidonia seagrass meadows offshore, part of a UNESCO-listed marine landscape, and the beach lies within a natural park with vehicle limits in high season. It is the standard evidence for the claim that the Mediterranean can look Caribbean.

Country
Spain (ES)
Region
Europe
Sand
White
Water
Caribbean-clear mediterranean shallows
Administrative area
Formentera
Timezone
Not available from source
Source family
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Source updated
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Names in the record

Ses Illetes

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Source position

38.75000, 1.43200

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