Black Sand Beaches Around the World    

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While they are rare, black sand beaches exist all over the world wherever there are volcanoes and where, after a millennia, the waves, rain and winds have eroded lava rocks into a fine sand. Most black sand beaches are in tropical places like Hawaii and the Philippines or in the Mediterranean such as Italy and Greece, but there are some beaches covered in black sand where you cannot simply jump into a warm surf, in places such as Alaska and Iceland.

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