Råbjerg Mile, Skagen, Northern Denmark Region, Denmark
The Dune of Råbjerg Mile is the largest migrating dune in Denmark. The westcoast has for many centuries struggled with migrating dunes due to the harsh wind and sand covered areas – and being close to Grenen in Skagen, the weather at Råbjerg Mile is far from mild.
Each year the dune moves around 15 meters towards Northeast, closer to Grenen, the top of Denmark. Attemps of afforestation did not stop the migrating dune, which is expected to cover the main road to Skagen in a century or two. Once the dune reaches an area trees, or other plantation, it takes aprroximately 40 years for the tree to re-emerge on the other side of the dune, which covers an area of roughly 1.000 square meters and reaches a height of 20 meters.
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