Wreck Beach
Wreck Beach is a clothing-optional beach located in Pacific Spirit Regional Park, a part of Electoral Area A just west of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bartbraun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of Anthropology at UBC and Beaty Biodiversity Museum.
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Museum
Photo: Rr parker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada displays world arts and cultures, in particular works by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest.
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Museum
Photo: InverseHypercube, CC0.
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a natural history museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located on the campus of the University of British Columbia.
Walter C. Koerner Library
Library
The Walter C. Koerner Library is an academic library at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia. The library is named after Walter C.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include UBC-Point Grey and West Point Grey.
UBC-Point Grey
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
UBC-Point Grey is a district in the west side of Vancouver occupying a pretty spot at the tip of the Point Grey peninsula. Its main feature is the University of British Columbia, the largest university in British Columbia and one of the larger universities in Canada.
West Point Grey
Neighborhood
West Point Grey is a neighbourhood in the northwest of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is on Point Grey and bordered by 16th Avenue to the south, Alma Street to the east, English Bay to the north, and Blanca Street to the west. West Point Grey is situated 4½ km east of Wreck Beach.
Dunbar–Southlands
Suburb
Dunbar–Southlands is a neighbourhood situated on the western side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, that stretches north from the Fraser River and covers most of the land between the mouth of the Fraser and English Bay. Dunbar–Southlands is situated 6 km southeast of Wreck Beach.
Wreck Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: landform
- Location: Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.2615° or 49° 15′ 41″ northLongitude
-123.26186° or 123° 15′ 43″ westElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
84XR7P6Q+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 36812352OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wreck Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wreck Beach (lapyahan sa Canada, British Columbia)”
- Cebuano: “Wreck Beach”
- Chinese: “爛船灣”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حطام بيتش”
- Persian: “دریاکنار رک”
- Swedish: “Wreck Beach”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wreck Beach”. Photo: Bartbraun, CC BY-SA 3.0.