Dune du Pilat grows 1.3m in a year

Europe's tallest sand dune, the Dune du Pilat at Arcachon, Gironde, has grown 1.3m in the last year to reach 110.5m due to wind movement.

Connexion journalist

Published Wednesday 26 July 2017 - 15:00 Modified Wednesday 26 July 2017 - 15:00

Its record was in 1936 - at 114m.

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