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- ↑ "חוף ביאנקיני בסיאסטה | כל המידע באתר התיירות של ים המלח" [Biankini Besiesta Beach; All the information on the Dead Sea tourism website] (in Hebrew).[ dead link ]
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- ↑ "Dead Sea map, Kalia Beach". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
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- ↑ "Mineral Beach" at GoDeadSea.com
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