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Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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Dune of Pilat

The Dune of Pilat, also called Grande Dune du Pilat, is the tallest sand dune in . It is located in in the area, , 60 km southwest of along France's Atlantic coastlines.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 102 metres
  • Description: tallest sand dune in Europe
  • Also known as: “Dune Du Pilat”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Teste-de-Buch.

Town
Photo: Spot Image, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a coastal commune in the department in the region in Southwestern . Until 13 June 1994, it was officially known simply as La Teste.

Dune of Pilat

Latitude
44.5978° or 44° 35′ 52″ north
Longitude
-1.2066° or 1° 12′ 24″ west
Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)
Open location code
8CPWHQXV+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9597543783
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q501726
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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”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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.