Ibeno Beach

The Ibeno Beach is one of the beaches on the Atlantic Ocean along the shorelines of Ibeno. It is the longest sand beach in West Africa[1][2] Qua Iboe River estuary is the major estuary in Ibeno Beach. Ibeno Beach stretches for about 30 kilometres from Ibeno to James Town along the Atlantic coastline of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. It is the best tourist site in Akwa Ibom State, With its beautiful coastline, Ibeno provides endless natural facilities for tourism, water sporting, beach soccer and general boating.[3]

Ibeno beach

Location

Ibeno beach is located in Ibeno, a local government area of Akwa Ibom State in southeastern Nigeria, which it is named after.[4] The beach is one of the tourist attractions in Nigeria. In June 2010, there was a report of oil spill on the beach.[5]

See also

References
  1. unwana (2021-03-08). "Ibeno Beach: Everything You Need to Know". Awajis. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  2. "Ibeno Beach: So white, so natural". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015..
  3. Umoh et al., 2022. "Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether signatures in tropical mesotidal estuary sediments of Qua Iboe River, Gulf of Guinea". Journal of Organic Geochemistry 170, 104461.
  4. "5 Beautiful Places You Should Visit In Akwa Ibom". Nigerian Bulletin - Trending News & Updates. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. "Fresh oil spill exxonmobi's qua iboe oil field ravages akwa-ibom. Coastline". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 7 March 2015.


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