Dune of Pilat
The Dune of Pilat, also called Grande Dune du Pilat, is the tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 60 km southwest of Bordeaux along France's Atlantic coastlines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dune
- Description: tallest sand dune in Europe
- Also known as: “Dune de Pyla”, “Dune Du Pilat”, and “La Grande Dune du Pilat”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Teste-de-Buch and Arcachon.
La Teste-de-Buch
Town
Photo: Spot Image, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Teste-de-Buch is a coastal commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in Southwestern France. Until 13 June 1994, it was officially known simply as La Teste. La Teste-de-Buch is situated 7 km northeast of Dune of Pilat.
Arcachon
Arcachon is a beach resort near Bordeaux in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. It has a fine beach and a mild climate said to be favourable for invalids suffering from pulmonary complaints.
Dune of Pilat
- Categories: protected area, free flight site, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Dune of Pilat” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Duna më e madhe ne europë”
- Albanian: “Dune du Pyla”
- Aragonese: “Duna d’o Pialat”
- Armenian: “Պիլայի ավազաբլուր”
- Asturian: “Duna de Pilat”
- Basque: “Pilat duna”
- Basque: “Pilateko duna”
- Basque: “Pylako duna”
- Breton: “Tevenn Pilat”
- Catalan: “Duna de Pilat”
- Catalan: “Duna de Pyla”
- Cebuano: “Dunes du Pilat”
- Chinese: “琵拉沙丘”
- Chinese: “皮拉沙丘”
- Czech: “Duna de Pyla”
- Czech: “Duna du Pyla”
- Czech: “Dune du Pilat”
- Czech: “Pyla”
- Dutch: “Dune du Pilat”
- Dutch: “Dune du Pyla”
- French: “Dune de Pilat”
- French: “Dune du Pila”
- French: “Dune du Pilat”
- French: “Dune du Pyla”
- Galician: “Duna de Pyla”
- German: “Dune du Pilat”
- German: “Düne von Pila”
- German: “Düne von Pilat”
- German: “Düne von Pyla”
- German: “Grande Dune du Pyla”
- Greek: “Αμμόλοφος του Πιλά”
- Hungarian: “Pilat-dűne”
- Italian: “Duna di Pilat”
- Japanese: “ピラ砂丘”
- Latin: “Pylae collis arenarius”
- Latin: “Pylae congestus arenarius”
- Latvian: “Pilā kāpa”
- Lithuanian: “Pilos kopa”
- Low German: “Dune du Pyla”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dune de Pilat”
- Norwegian: “Dune de Pilat”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Duna deu Pialat”
- Occitan (post 1500): “La Ròca Blanca”
- Persian: “دون دو پیلا”
- Polish: “Dune du Pyla”
- Portuguese: “Duna de Pilat”
- Portuguese: “Duna de Pyla”
- Russian: “Дюна в Пила”
- Russian: “Дюна в Пиле”
- Russian: “Пилат (дюна)”
- Slovenian: “Sipina Pyla”
- Slovenian: “Velika sipina Pyla”
- Spanish: “Duna de Pilat”
- Spanish: “Duna de Pyla”
- Spanish: “Dune Du Pilat”
- Ukrainian: “Гранд-Дюн-дю-Піля”
- Venetian: “Duna de Pilat”
- Vietnamese: “Dune du Pilat”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dune of Pilat”. Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.