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Dune of Pilat

Sand Dunes and Dune Fields

The Dune of Pilat, also called the Grande Dune du Pilat, is the tallest sand dune in Europe, located at La Teste-de-Buch on the Arcachon Bay in France, about 60 kilometers southwest of Bordeaux on the Atlantic coast. As of a 2018 measurement it stood about 106.6 meters above sea level, spanning roughly 500 meters east to west and 2.7 kilometers north to south across an area of about 1.35 square kilometers, with an estimated volume of some 60 million cubic meters of sand. It is a foredune, a dune running parallel to the shoreline behind the high-tide line, and it continues to migrate landward, gradually encroaching on the forest, roads and structures behind it, including remnants of the Atlantic Wall fortifications, while its exposed coastal position and steep face have also made it a popular paragliding site. 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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Locally or Regionally Protected 1
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Dune of Pilat, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
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"name_eng": "Dune du pilat", "desig_eng": "Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)"
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Dune of Pilat (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Dune of Pilat (French: Dune du Pilat [dyn dy pila], official name), also called Grande Dune du Pilat, is the tallest sand dune in Europe.
  • In Group: Coastal Dunes, Lead sentence
    It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 60 km (37.2 mi) southwest of Bordeaux along France's Atlantic coastlines.
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Wikidata: Dune of Pilat
Wikidata Q501726, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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