Английская Википедия:Hawke's Bay Beach
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Pakistani English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox landform Hawke's Bay or Hawkesbay is a beach in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, located 20 km southwest of Karachi city. The beach is named after Bladen Wilmer Hawke, who owned a house on the beach during the 1930s.
The beach is very popular, with hundreds of people visiting daily for swimming, camel and horse riding, and vacations.[1]
Marine life
This beach is known for being a nesting ground for green sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtle during winter months. Due to this, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) organised a wetland centre on the beach for information regarding turtles.[2]
Hawkes Bay incidents
Шаблон:Main Various accidents have occurred due to lack of proper security and damaged boats used for giving rides to people.
- In February 1983, a Shia pilgrim drowned near the beach.
- On July 19, 2015, four boys drowned near the beach.[3]
- On September 9, 2017, 12 members of three families drowned near the beach.[4]
- On July 11, 2019, a teenager Kamran (age 14) and an adult Moiz Younus (age 24) drowned while on picnic with family.[5]
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Шаблон:Karachi topics Шаблон:Protected areas of Pakistan
