POSBELITUNG.CO, BELITUNG - Let's enjoy Belitung! Belitung Island has a beach that has unique characteristics.

On this beach, there will be sounds like a gunshots or like a cannons when the wind blows hard.

On this beach, you will also find a heart-shaped stone

This beach is Batu Bedil Beach, which is located in Sungai Padang Village, Sijuk Subdistrict, Belitung Regency, Bangka Belitung Island Province.

This beach is 47 kilometers from Tanjungpandan City, the capital of Belitung Regency.

It takes approximately 45 minutes to go to Batu Bedil Beach.

The road access to Batu Bedil Beach is not good enough.

This is because there are still unpaved roads.

Nevertheless, this beach has been supported with amenities, that is the facilities outside the accommodation, in the form of a place to eat.

Batu Bedil Beach is one of the interesting to visit because it offers a very stunning beach.

Its white sandy beach and its clear sea water, and also the panorama is very beautiful.

Apart from that, you will find many traces of history or legend that can still be seen clearly when visiting this beach.

Reporting from the official website of the Belitung Regency Tourism Office, Batu Bedil Beach is one of the geosites in the Belitung Geopark.

People call this beach Batu Bedil Beach because of its unique character.

When the wind is strong, Batu Bedil Beach will make a sound like a gun shot or more precisely like the sound of a cannon.

The sound of this cannon comes from the beach waves crashing into the holes in the large granite rocks at Batu Bedil Beach.

Viewed from the Belitung Island YouTube channel, Batu Bedil Beach is a legendary rock that looks like an overturned ship.

The local people believe that these rocks can make a sound when the ships enter the northern waters of Belitung Island.

After tracing it, it turned out that there was an empty hole under the stone, or it could be called a hollow stone or pong stone.

If you hit the surface of the stone with wood, you will hear a resounding and loud sound like a pestle.

Apart from that, at Batu Bedil Beach there are also well or poisoned well with a diameter of about 50 centimeters and a depth of one meter.

This well is on a rock, where it is said that this poisoned well has existed since the 17th century.

Until now, the water in the poisoned well is still there, but no one in the local community dares to drink the water.

Batu Bedil Beach has a view of Limau Saring Island in front of it.

Limau Saring Island can be visited by crossing it through a sand bridge.

This beach also offers snorkeling spot which is not far from the shoreline.

Another unique thing about Batu Bedil Beach is the heart-shaped granite stones.

The heart-shaped stone which is then called the love stone on Batu Bedil Beach has a diameter of one meter.

You can find this love stone on the east coast of Batu Bedil Beach.

Even though it is still a mystery, this heart-shape stone is also a special attraction for visitors to visit Batu Bedil Beach.

(Posbelitung.co/Novita)