Uwe Düne, Sylt

The Uwe Dune, also spelled Uwedüne or Uwe Düne, is the highest elevation of the German North Sea island of Sylt at 52.5 m above sea level and is not surpassed by any natural elevation within a radius of about 40 kilometers; Vongshøj, which lies northeast in Denmark, is the next highest neighbor at 62 m above sea level. Its geographical dominance thus clearly exceeds that of the Zugspitze.

The dune is located about 1 km west of the center of Kampen and about 300 m east of the Red Cliff. A wooden staircase with 110 steps has led to the viewing platform at its summit since the 1920s. The view encompasses large parts of the center and north of Sylt and, weather permitting, extends far out to sea, as far as the Danish North Sea island of Rømø and the German-Danish mainland.

The height of the 52.5 m high dune is sometimes given as only 50 m, which refers to a 50.2 m high point near the summit.

The dune is named after the jurist Uwe Jens Lornsen, a champion of a united and independent Schleswig-Holstein.