Cox's Bazar | |
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 Sunset from the beach | |
  Cox's Bazar Beach  Cox's Bazar Beach | |
| Coordinates: 21°24′51″N 91°59′00″E / 21.4143°N 91.9832°E | |
| Location | Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh |
| Offshore water bodies | Bay of Bengal |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 120 km |
Cox's Bazar Beach (Bengali: কক্সবাজার সমুদ্র সৈকত), located at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, is the longest natural sea beach in the world running 120 kilometres (75 mi)[1][2][3][4][5] and 5th longest beach after Praia do Cassino of Brazil, Padre Island on the US Gulf Coast, Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia, and Ninety Mile Beach of Australia. It is the top tourist destination of Bangladesh.[6][7]
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