Busua Beach
Busua Beach is a beach in Western Region, Ghana. Busua Beach is situated nearby to Abrokwa Island, as well as near the village Butre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Batenstein and Fort Metal Cross.
Fort Batenstein
Photo: Macabe5387, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Batenstein was a fort and trading post established by the Dutch on the Gold Coast in 1656. It was situated near Butre. The fort was ceded with the entire Dutch Gold Coast to Britain in 1872. Fort Batenstein is situated 2 km northeast of Busua Beach.
Fort Metal Cross
Castle
Photo: Thegoodeastern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Metal Cross, originally Fort Dixcove, is a military structure located on a promontory at the fishing community of Infuma in Dixcove, in the Western Region of Ghana. Fort Metal Cross is situated 2½ km southwest of Busua Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Busua and Butre.
Busua
Photo: Tom Lubbe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Busua is a beach resort and fishing village in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region in Ghana, about 30 kilometers west of the regional capital, Sekondi-Takoradi in the Gulf of Guinea.
Butre
Village
Photo: Macabe5387, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Butre is a village in the Ahanta West district, district in the Western Region of Ghana. Butre contains the Fort Batenstein Castle.
Dixcove
Town
Dixcove is a coastal village and a fishing community in the Ahanta West district, a district in the Western Region of South Ghana, located approximately 35 km west of the regional capital of Sekondi-Takoradi.
Busua Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.809° or 4° 48′ 32″ northLongitude
-1.93013° or 1° 55′ 49″ westOpen location code
6CPWR359+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 345101575OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Notable Places Nearby
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