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Råbjerg Mile

Sand Dunes and Dune Fields

Rabjerg Mile is a migrating coastal dune in northern Jutland, Denmark, between the towns of Skagen and Frederikshavn, and the largest moving dune in northern Europe at about 2 square kilometers and 40 meters high. Wind has driven roughly 4 million cubic meters of sand northeastward since it began forming in the Skagerrak coastal region more than 300 years ago, at a pace of up to 18 meters a year, leaving a low, damp trail of sand behind it as it goes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Natura 2000 Site 1
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1. Rabjerg Mile (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Råbjerg Mile is a migrating coastal dune between Skagen and Frederikshavn, Denmark.
  • Category: Natura 2000 in Denmark
    Wikipedia category: Natura 2000 in Denmark
  • In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead section (in-discipline Geomorphology)
    Råbjerg Mile is a migrating coastal dune between Skagen and Frederikshavn, Denmark.
  • In Group: Coastal Dunes, Lead sentence
    Råbjerg Mile is a migrating coastal dune between Skagen and Frederikshavn, Denmark.
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Wikidata: Rabjerg Mile
Wikidata Q486202, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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