Editing Dune (section)

===World's highest dunes===
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! width="200"|Dune !! width="130"|Height from base metres (feet) !! width="160"|Height from sea level metres (feet) !! width="460"|Location !! width="180"|Notes
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![[Duna Federico Kirbus]]
|≈{{cvt|1,230|m}} || ≈{{cvt|2,845|m}} || Bolsón de Fiambalá, [[Fiambalá]], [[Catamarca Province]], [[Argentina]] || Highest in the world<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sand-boarding.com/tallest-sand-dunes-in-the-world/|title=Tallest Sand Dunes in the World|website=Surf the Sand|date=9 December 2020|access-date=9 Dec 2020}}</ref>
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!Cerro Blanco
|≈{{cvt|1,176|m}} || ≈{{cvt|2,080|m}} || [[Nazca Province]], [[Ica Region]], [[Peru]] {{coord|-14.868|-74.838|type:mountain_globe:earth_region:PE-ICA_scale:150000|name=Cerro Blanco Dune}}|| Highest in Peru, second highest in the world
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!Badain Jaran Dunes
| ≈{{cvt|500|m}} || ≈{{cvt|2,020|m}} || [[Badain Jaran Desert]], Alashan Plain, Inner Mongolia, [[Gobi Desert]], China || World's tallest stationary dunes and highest in Asia<ref>[https://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6712 "Mystery of world's tallest sand dunes solved"—24 November 2004—''New Scientist''<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026210614/http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6712 |date=26 October 2008 }}</ref>
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!Rig-e Yalan Dune
| ≈{{cvt|470|m}} || ≈{{cvt|950|m}} || [[Lut Desert]], Kerman, Iran|| Hottest place on Earth (Gandom Beryan)
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!Average Highest Area Dunes
| {{cvt|430|m}}? || ≈{{cvt|1,980|m}}? || Isaouane-n-Tifernine Sand Sea, Algerian Sahara || Highest in Africa
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!Big Daddy/Dune 7<br />(Big Mama?)<ref>[http://www.met.gov.na/dpwm/parkprof/Sossusvlei/2nd%20Fact%20sheet%20Sossusvlei.pdf Big Mama highest dune] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902115328/http://www.met.gov.na/dpwm/parkprof/Sossusvlei/2nd%20Fact%20sheet%20Sossusvlei.pdf |date=2 September 2009 }}</ref>
| {{cvt|383|m}} || ≈{{cvt|570|m}} || Sossusvlei Dunes, [[Namib Desert]], Namibia / Near Walvis Bay [[Namib Desert]], Namibia || according to the Namibian Ministry of Environment & Tourism the highest dune in the world
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!Mount Tempest
| ≈{{cvt|280|m}} || ≈{{cvt|280|m}} || [[Moreton Island]], [[Brisbane]], Australia || Highest in Australia
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!Star Dune
| >{{cvt|230|m}} || ≈{{cvt|2,730|m}} || [[Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve]], Colorado, USA || Highest in North America
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![[Dune of Pyla]]
| ≈{{cvt|105|m}} || ≈{{cvt|130|m}} || Bay of [[Arcachon]], Aquitaine, France || Highest in Europe
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!Ming-Sha Dunes
| ? || {{cvt|1,725|m}} || [[Dunhuang]] Oasis, Taklamakan Desert, Gansu, China ||
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!Medanoso Dune
| ≈{{cvt|550|m}} || ≈{{cvt|1,660|m}} || [[Atacama Desert]], Chile || Highest in Chile
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