dune A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, f ...

is a hill of sand. Dune or dunes may also refer to:

Places and buildings

Düne Düne (Danish: ''Dynen'', North Frisian: ''de Halem'') is one of two islands in the German Bight that form the Archipelago of Heligoland, the other being Heligoland proper. Geography The small island of Düne is part of the German State of Schle ...

, Heligoland, Germany *

Dunes, Tarn-et-Garonne Dunes (; oc, Dunas) is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Geography The river Auroue forms all ...

, France * Dune (crater), on the Moon *

Dunes (hotel and casino) The Dunes was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It opened on May 23, 1955, as the tenth resort on the Strip. It was initially owned by a group of businessmen from out of state, but failed to prosper under their mana ...

, Paradise, Nevada, US *

Dunes Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City) The Dunes Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City) was a proposed hotel and casino that was to be built in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the late 1970s. It was initially proposed to consist of 504 hotel rooms and a 34,500 square foot casino located at Al ...

, US, unbuilt

Science fiction

''Dune'' (franchise) of novels, films, and games: * ''Dune'' (novel), a 1965 novel by Frank Herbert * Arrakis or Dune, a fictional planet * ''Dune'' (1984 film), a 1984 film directed by David Lynch ** ''Dune'' (soundtrack) * '' Frank Herbert's Dune'', a 2000 television miniseries * ''

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune ''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune'' is a three-part science fiction miniseries written by John Harrison and directed by Greg Yaitanes, based on Frank Herbert's novels ''Dune Messiah'' (1969) and ''Children of Dune'' (1976). First broadcast in t ...

'', a 2003 television miniseries * ''Dune'' (2021 film), a 2021 film directed by Denis Villeneuve * '' Dune: Part Two'', the upcoming sequel to Villeneuve's 2021 film * '' Dune: Prophecy'', an upcoming television series * ''Dune'' (board game) (1979) * ''Dune'' (1984 board game), see

List of games based on Dune A number of games have been published based on the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. Card games * ''Dune'' (1997): Collectible card game produced by Five Rings Publishing Group/Last Unicorn Games and later Wizards of the Coast. Each pl ...

* ''Dune'' (Virgin Interactive / Westwood Studios) video game series, see

** ''Dune'' (video game) (1992) ** ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' (video game) (2001) * ''Dune'' (card game) (1997) * '' Jodorowsky's Dune'', documentary about an attempted film

Music

Bands and musicians

Dune (band) Dune is a German electronic group known for songs such as "Hardcore Vibes", " Can't Stop Raving", "Are You Ready to Fly" and " Rainbow to the Stars". History The group was founded in 1995 by DJ Oliver Froning and producers Jens Oettrich and ...

, a German progressive trance/hardcore group *

Dúné Dúné ew-naywere a Danish rock band from Skive, Denmark, Skive. At their split-up in 2018 the band consisted of Mattias Kolstrup (lead vocalist), Piotrek Wasilewski (bass, keysboards, backing vocals), and Ole Bjórn (keyboards, backing vo ...

, a Danish rock band *

Brothomstates Brothomstates is one of the stage names of Lassi Nikko, a Finnish composer and musician. He also used to produce music in the demoscene under the moniker of Dune in the demogroup Orange. His works are mostly downtempo or ambient, but he is also kn ...

or Dune, Finnish IDM musician

Albums

* ''Dune'' (Dune album) (1995) * ''Dune'' (Klaus Schulze album) (1979) * ''Dune'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (1993) * ''Dunes'' (album), an album by Garden & Villa * ''Dune'' by David Matthews (1977)

Songs

* "Dune", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from ''

Water in Time and Space is Susumu Hirasawa's first solo album. Background In December 1988, Hirasawa decided to put his post-punk/ new wave band P-Model on hiatus after spending two years being unable to arrange a recording deal, feeling that the group's continued ex ...

'' * "Dune", a song by Zion I from '' Deep Water Slang V2.0'' * "Dunes", a 1975 tune by Keith Jarrett from ''

Arbour Zena ''Arbour Zena'' is an orchestral work composed by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett featuring saxophonist Jan Garbarek, bassist Charlie Haden and members of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by which was recorded in October 197 ...

'' * "Dunes", a song by Scale the Summit from ''

Carving Desert Canyons ''Carving Desert Canyons'' is the second studio album by American instrumental progressive metal band Scale the Summit. It was released on February 17, 2009, through Prosthetic Records. The album was self-produced by the band and Tom Beaujour. It ...

'' * "Dunes", a song by the Alabama Shakes * "Dune", a 2023 song by Ateez from their EP The World EP.2: Outlaw * "DUNE", a 2017 song by Hachi

People

* Chris "Dune" Pastras (b. 1972) - American skateboarder, artist, and company owner

Other uses

* Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) *

Dune (software) DUNE (''Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment'') is a modular C++ library for the solution of partial differential equations using grid-based methods. The DUNE library is divided into modules. In version 2.8 are the core modules * general ...

, for solving partial differential equations using grid-based methods *

Dunes (stamps) Dunes in philately refers to the many editions of stamps produced in the Trucial States (today the United Arab Emirates or UAE). The stamps, printed in great profusion in the 1960s and early 1970s, are mostly near-worthless today. History B ...

, a series of (now worthless) collector's editions of stamps from the Trucial States (now the United Arab Emirates) *

Dune London Dune London is a British shoe manufacturer and retailer. Its product line include shoes for women, men, and children as well as fashion accessories. Dune was founded by Daniel Rubin in 1992. His grandfather was a shoemaker who migrated to the UK ...

, a British shoe manufacturer and retailer