Chittagong, BD

Cox's Bazar Beach

Water Bodyocean
CountryBD
RegionChittagong

Getting There

Nearest CityCox's Bazar2.8 km
Airport (CXB)Cox's Bazar Airport3.1 km

Safety & Conditions

Shark Incidents0recorded

Sand & Geology

At 120 km, Cox's Bazar is often claimed as the longest natural sand beach on Earth. The sand is fine quartz sourced from the Ganges-Brahmaputra sediment system — the same Himalayan-erosion feedstock that builds most of Bangladesh's coastline.

Predicted regional compositionquartz-dominant
Q 77%
L 20%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Travel

Cox's Bazar Beach is the world's longest unbroken sandy beach, stretching 120 kilometers (75 miles) along Bangladesh's southeastern coast. Located in Chittagong Division near the M...

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Cox's Bazar Beach21.4300, 91.9600