Plage de Ster Vraz

Name: Plage de Ster Vraz
Address: Sauzon, 56360, FRANCE

Beach in Sauzon

It is a large beach of small white quartz pebbles. It faces north-west and was closed by a very open V-shaped entrenchment wall. The destruction of it in the 1950s allowed the sea to rise and silted up the mouth of the river which has spread, constituting today the largest marsh on the island. This marsh never dries up and is home to many plant species, birds, amphibians, insects ... Under the sand, there is a very important deposit of peat. It can be seen at high low tide when the sea has... Read more
It is a large beach of small white quartz pebbles. It faces north-west and was closed by a very open V-shaped entrenchment wall. The destruction of it in the 1950s allowed the sea to rise and silted up the mouth of the river which has spread, constituting today the largest marsh on the island. This marsh never dries up and is home to many plant species, birds, amphibians, insects ... Under the sand, there is a very important deposit of peat. It can be seen at high low tide when the sea has cleared the sand covering this deposit.

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