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Cala Arenas

Beach in Andalusia, Spain

Cala Arenas

Beach in Andalusia, Spain

Cala Arenas, with the Torre de Los Canutos visible in the background

Cala Arenas is a beach situated near the city of Algeciras in Spain, within the El Estrecho Natural Park. It is located at the southern end of the Bay of Gibraltar and faces the Strait of Gibraltar. It measures about 400 m long by about 30 m deep. The beach is somewhat difficult to access, but can be reached via coastal paths from Punta Carnero and Punta del Fraile.{{cite web |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090606154616/http://www1.mma.es/pasarela/wwwi32.exe/%5Bin%3Dwwwisis/playasmap.in%5D?%28cadiz%20and%20arenas%29# |archive-date = 2009-06-06 |url-status = dead |access-date = 2012-10-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720142437/http://www.mancomunidadcg.es/iecg/doc/revistas/Almoraima%2031.pdf# |archive-date = 2011-07-20 |url-status = dead

Geologically Cala Arenas is located within the Algeciras-Los Nogales unit and is part of the Baetic System in the Campo de Gibraltar. The local rocks are mainly composed of flysch comprising marl, sandstone and mica, locally known as the Algeciras Flysch, that dates from the Eocene–Oligocene period. The rocks include various soft minerals, especially clays, marl, calcarenite and sandstones, that have eroded to leave behind the harder limestones and thus form the chain of alternate coves at Cala Arenas.{{cite web

Several notable archaeological sites are located near Cala Arenas. The area has been inhabited for thousands of years, the result of its strategic position in the Strait of Gibraltar and the easy landing place that it has represented historically. A small Phoenician port existed there, probably with a watchtower.{{cite journal |access-date = 2012-10-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120630132737/http://grupo.us.es/atlas/documentos/articulos/poblamientoalgeciras.pdf# |archive-date = 2012-06-30 |url-status = dead |access-date = 2012-10-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101003113720/http://mancomunidadcg.es/IECG/doc/revistas/Almoraima%2024-Articulo%203.pdf# |archive-date = 2010-10-03 |url-status = dead

References

References

  1. "Cala Arenas". Turismo de Cádiz.
  2. [http://www2.ign.es/signa/default.aspx?crs=EPSG%3A25830&bbox=278287.1845342326,3992870.189864477,281930.3875293457,3994449.7144342163&variant=SIGNAMapa Mapa Topográfico Escaneado], Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Accessed 19 October 2012
  3. Miñano y Bedoya, Sebastián de. (1827). "Diccionario geográfico-estadístico de España y Portugal". Imprenta de Pierart-Peralta.
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