Parnidis Dune
The Parnidis Dune (Lithuanian: Parnidžio kopa) is a drifting (semi-permanent) coastal sand dune on the Curonian Spit, southeast of Nida, Lithuania, near the Lithuania-Russia border of the spit. It is nearly all bare and rising up to 52 metres (171 ft) above sea level.
In the past its height was over 60, but it decreased because the dune is steadily moving eastwards and discharging its sands into the Curonian lagoon, prominently at the Parnidis Cape under the wind-induced saltation.
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