Dune of Pyla

The Great Dune of Pilat (la Dune du Pilat) is the largest sand dune in Europe. It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 60 km from Bordeaux.

Pilat is sometimes spelled Pyla, hence the alternative name "dune of Pyla". More accurately, Pyla is the name of the closest town, Pyla-sur-Mer, which is part of La Teste-de-Buch municipality in the Gironde department.

The correct and original name of the Dune is the Dune of Pilat, but because of the confusion that occurred, both are now considered correct.

The dune is about 60,000,000 m³, measuring around 500m wide (from East to West) by 3km long (from North to South). Its height varies from 100 to 117 metres above sea level.

The first pictures have been taken by my husband a couple of days ago.

This last one is from Wikipedia.org.