Great Sand Sea
The Great Sand Sea is an approximately 72,000 km2 sand desert in the Sahara that stretches from western Egypt to eastern Libya, in North Africa. Most of the area is covered by sand dunes.
- Desert
- …lies at an elevation of around 260 metres (860 feet)
- Description: erg in Egypt and Libya
- Also known as“Baḩr ar Rimāl al ‘Az̧īm”“Bahr el Rimâl el ‘Amzi”“Egyptian Sand Sea”“Great Sea of Sand-dunes”“Libyan Sand Sea”
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Latitude
27° north
Longitude
26° east
Open location code
7GV82222+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Great Sand Sea” goes by many names.
بحر الرمال الأعظمArabic
Böyük Qum dəniziAzerbaijani
Hondarrezko Itsaso HandiaBasque
Great Sand SeaCebuano
埃及大沙海Chinese
大沙海Chinese
Egipatsko pješčano moreCroatian
Velká písečná poušťCzech
Velké písečné mořeCzech
Store sandhavDanish
Grote ZandzeeDutch
بحر الرمال الاعظمEgyptian Arabic
Granda SablomaroEsperanto
Iso HiekkameriFinnish
ים החולות הגדולHebrew
ימת החול הגדולהHebrew
मिस्री रेत समुद्रHindi
Nagy-homoktengerHungarian
グレート・サンド・シーJapanese
大砂海Japanese
دریای ماسهای بزرگPersian
Wielkie Morze PiaskuPolish
Великое песчаное мореRussian
Egipatsko peščano moreSerbo-Croatian
Egipatsko pješčano moreSerbo-Croatian
Veľká piesočná púšťSlovak
Veliko peščeno morjeSlovenian
Great Sand SeaSwedish
Велика піщана пустеляUkrainian
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