Gwangalli Beach
The Gwangalli Beach (Korean: 광안리 해수욕장) or Gwangan Beach is a beach in Busan, South Korea. It is located at Gwangan 2(i)-dong (formerly in Gwangan-ri), Suyeong-gu, Busan Metropolitan City, west of Haeundae Beach. It sits inside a cove spanned by the Gwangan Bridge and covers 82,000 square meters over a length of 1.4 km and a width of 25 to 110 metres, in a curved in a half-moon shape with fine sand. Adjacent are alleys with restaurants, coffee shops and nightclubs. Because of its popularity, city officials are pushing for improving water quality around the beaches.
Gwangalli Beach | |
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Beach | |
Gwangalli Beach in 2011 | |
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| Coordinates: 35°09′15″N 129°07′14″E | |
| Location | Busan, South Korea |
| Offshore water bodies | Sea of Japan |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 광안리 해수욕장 |
| Hanja | 廣安里 海水浴場 |
| Revised Romanization | Gwang-alli Haesuyokjang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kwang.alli Haesuyokchang |
The beach is near the Busan Yachting Center used for the sailing events of the 1988 Summer Olympics.
For the 2018 film Black Panther, a car chase scene which required over 150 cars and 700 people was filmed in the Gwangalli Beach area.