Playa de las Ballenas
Playa de las Ballenas is a beach in Western Sahara. Playa de las Ballenas is situated nearby to the hamlet رأس دوبوشاج, as well as near the town La Güera.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Güera and Al-Battariyya.
La Güera
Town
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La Güera is a ghost town on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula which is split in two by the Mauritania–Western Sahara border, 15 kilometres west of Nouadhibou. La Güera is situated 3½ km south of Playa de las Ballenas.
Al-Battariyya
Hamlet
La Batterie, also known in Arabic as Al Batariyya, is a village in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsular. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region south of Nouadhibou close to Cansado. Al-Battariyya is situated 6 km east of Playa de las Ballenas.
Cansado
Town
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cansado is a coastal town in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region. Cansado is situated 6 km east of Playa de las Ballenas.
Playa de las Ballenas
- Type: Beach
- Also known as: “Las Ballenas”
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Sahara, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
20.86472° or 20° 51′ 53″ northLongitude
-17.09093° or 17° 5′ 27″ westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
7CG4VW75+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 323369121OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
Discover Playa de las Ballenas from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Playa de las Ballenas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الحوت بيتش”
- Cebuano: “Playa de las Ballenas”
- German: “Strand der Wale”
- Spanish: “Playa de las Ballenas”
- Swedish: “Playa de las Ballenas”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as رأس دوبوشاج and Falso Cabo Blanco.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Minefield and منطقة الكويرة المغربية.
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