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The Dune of Pilat (French: Dune du Pilat [dyn dy pila], official name), [1] 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 (37.2 mi) southwest of Bordeaux along France's Atlantic coastlines.
The Dune of Pilat is the tallest dune in Europe. Nouvelle-Aquitaine features a large open coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, extending from the National Nature Reserve of Aiguillon Bay and the estuary of the Sèvre (near Charron) to Bidasoa (south of Hendaye).
La Teste-de-Buch is located in the department of Gironde, in the middle of the Landes forest, and south of Arcachon Bay.It is the capital of the Pays de Buch.Neighbouring communes are Gujan-Mestras to the east, Arcachon to the northwest, and Biscarosse and Sanguinet to the south.
Pilat Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Pilat) is a protected area of mountainous countryside in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. The park spans the departments of Loire and Rhône , and covers a total area of 65,000 hectares (160,000 acres).
A crescentic dune with a star dune superimposed on its crest is the most common complex dune. Simple dunes represent a wind regime that has not changed in intensity or direction since the formation of the dune, while compound and complex dunes suggest that the intensity and direction of the wind has changed.
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The whole mountain range is commonly called Mont Pilat. [6] [7] The Communauté de communes des Monts du Pilat coordinates various administrative and developmental functions for the communes in the massif. [8] The term Pilat is also used to refer to the area that became the Parc naturel régional du Pilat in 1974. [9]
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