Tottori Sand Dunes

35°32′24″N 134°13′39″E / 35.54000°N 134.22750°E / 35.54000; 134.22750

Tottori Sand Dunes
Video of the dunes
Location of Tottori Sand Dunes

The Tottori Sand Dunes (鳥取砂丘, Tottori sakyū) are sand dunes located outside the city center of Tottori in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At a length of 9 miles (14 km) and less than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide, it is the largest sand dune in Japan. The sand dunes are part of San'in Kaigan Geopark, which is part of The UNESCO Global Geoparks.[1]

  1. ^ Petri, Alexandra E. (27 April 2017). "See Japan's Surprising Sand Dunes". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.