page_title: Iglesias, Sardinia
section_title: Bays and beaches
hierarchical_section_title: Iglesias, Sardinia / Bays and beaches
caption_attribution_description: English: Masua and Pan di Zucchero
context_page_description: Iglesias is a comune and city in the province of South Sardinia in Italy. It was co-capital of the province of Carbonia-Iglesias with Carbonia, and the province's second-largest community.
  Under Spanish control Iglesias was one of the most important royal cities on Sardinia, and it is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iglesias. At an elevation of 190 metres in the hills of southwestern Sardinia, it was the centre of a mining district from which lead, zinc, and silver were extracted. Iglesias was also a centre for the distillation of sulfuric acid.
context_section_description: In Iglesias' littoral zone, (8 kilometres (5.0 miles) from the city centre), are the following bays and beaches (listed north to south):
  Cala Domestica, with the Spanish tower
  Su Forru (the Oven) cavern
  Portu Sciusciau shore, with cliffs up to 100 metres (330 ft) high
  Seabass Cavern
  Punta Corr'e Corti shore, with cliffs up to 103 metres (338 ft) high
  Porto di Canal Grande (Big Channel Port) shore
  Sardigna Cavern, a small cave in the shape of Sardinia
  Punta Sedda 'e Luas shore, with cliffs up to 115 metres (377 ft) high
  Schina 'e Monti Nai shore, with cliffs up to 162 metres (531 ft) high
  Punta Buccione (or Punta Buccioni) shore, with cliffs up to 167 metres (548 ft) high
  Pan di Zucchero (Sugarloaf) islet, 133 metres (436 ft) high
  Porto Bega Sa Canna (Reed Valley Port)
  Masua Beach
  Portu Cauli Beach
  Bay at Punta Corallo (Coral Point)
  Portu Ferru shore
  Portu Bruncu Cobertu shore
  Portu Banda shore
  Porto Ghiano shore
  Nebida shore
  S'Agusteri islet, 35 metres (115 ft) high, where lobsters are fished
  Portu Raffa Bay
  Porto Flavia
caption: Masua
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