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The Puteri Beach ( ms, Pantai Puteri) is a
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in
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, Central Melaka,
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History

The beach used to be named Kundor Beach. It started to be developed by the Malacca State Government since 1990. In April 2021, rock
revetment A revetment in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags, or wooden piles) applied to a bank or wall in order to absorb the energy of incoming water a ...
was constructed along the beach to save it from
coastal erosion Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms. The landwar ...
which has spread over a length of 100 meters.


Geology

The beach stretches for 2.1 km along the shore facing the Malacca Strait on the southwestern edge of Melaka.


Features

The beach is equipped with prayer room, public toilets, restaurants, food stalls and hotels.


Activities

Various activities are found around the beach, ranging from fishing, camping as well as work place for fishermen. It also has night market stretching along the road in parallel with the shore line.


See also

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Geography of Malaysia The geography of Malaysia includes both the physical and the human geography of Malaysia, a Southeast Asian country made up of two major landmasses separated by water—Peninsular Malaysia to the west and East Malaysia to the east—and numero ...
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List of tourist attractions in Melaka This is the list of tourist attractions in Malacca, Malaysia. Community * Chitty Village * Hang Tuah Village * Jonker Walk * Little India * Morten Village * Portuguese Settlement Convention centres * Malacca Internat ...


References

Beaches of Melaka Central Melaka District {{Malacca-geo-stub