Hac Sa Beach () is a beach in

Coloane Coloane (Cantonese: Lou Wan) is a former island in Macau that is united with the island of Taipa by an area of reclaimed land known as Cotai. It is located at the southern part of Macau. Administratively, the boundaries of the traditional civil pa ...

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. It is the largest natural beach in Macau.

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The name "Hac Sa", is a translation from Cantonese (), literally means the famous

black sand Black sand is sand that is black in color. One type of black sand is a heavy, glossy, partly magnetic mixture of usually fine sands containing minerals such as magnetite, found as part of a placer deposit. Another type of black sand, found on ...

. However, to prevent the beach from disappearing due to

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distin ...

, the Macau government has refilled the beach with yellow sand artificially. The dark colour comes from the minerals in the water which is lighter than other volcanic beaches like those in

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. The beach is located near Hac Sa Reservoir Country Park. A stream that originates from Hac Sa Reservoir runs through the central area of the beach.

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Coloane Beaches of Macau Black sand beaches {{Macau-geo-stub

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