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Limits RegistryThe Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia, China, contains sand dunes reaching heights of roughly 460-500 m — recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest stationary sand dunes on Earth. Unusually, the desert also contains over 100 spring-fed lakes nestled among the dunes, a rare combination that scientists have studied to understand how such a dune field forms and remains stable rather than migrating like most large dune fields.
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The Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia, China, contains sand dunes reaching heights of roughly 460-500 m — recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest stationary sand dunes on Earth. Unusually, the desert also contains over 100 spring-fed lakes nestled among the dunes, a rare combination that scientists have studied to understand how such a dune field forms and remains stable rather than migrating like most large dune fields.
The greatest height of any stationary (non-migrating) sand dune formation on Earth, as recognized by Guinness World Records.
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Limits Registry. LR-TALLEST-SAND-DUNES. Tallest sand dunes on Earth. 2026.