Beaches come in all sorts of shapes and sizes beyond the typical Caribbean postcard.
As such, National Geographic’s new list of the Top 21 Beaches in the World includes a diverse mix of shorelines around the globe, from those picture-perfect Caribbean numbers to a black-sand beauty in Iceland to a shell-covered spot on the Austral coast. Highlights include:
Lazy Beach, Koh Rong Samloem, Cambodia
Photograph by Frank Heuer/laif
Playa del Amor, Marietas Islands, Mexico
Photograph by Miguel Naranjo
Shell Beach, Shark Bay, Western Australia
Photograph by Nature Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo
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Piscinas Beach, Arbus, Sardinia
Photograph by Riky Deiana
Cas Abao Beach, Curaçao
Photograph by Turtle Ray Productions Curacao
Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland
Photograph by Ivan Pedretti
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Noordwijk Beach, The Netherlands
Photograph by Shutterstock
Head over to National Geographic for the rest of the top 21 beaches in the world.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this post incorrectly identified a photo as Lazy Beach. The photo has been replaced, and the title has been updated to reflect that Lazy Beach is on the island of Koh Rong Samloem, not Koh Rong.