Great Sandy Desert
The Great Sandy Desert is an interim Australian bioregion, located in the northeast of Western Australia straddling the Pilbara and southern Kimberley regions and extending east into the Northern Territory.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Desert
- …lies at an elevation of around 290 metres (950 feet)
- Description: ecoregion and desert in Northern Western Australia
- Also known as“Great Sandy Desert, Australia”“Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia”
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Latitude
-20.91602° or 20° 54′ 58″ south
Longitude
124.68471° or 124° 41′ 5″ east
Open location code
5QF63MMM+HV
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Uzbek—“Great Sandy Desert” goes by many names.
Groot SandwoestynAfrikaans
صحراء الرمل الكبرىArabic
Ավազային Մեծ անապատArmenian
Böyük Qumlu səhraAzerbaijani
Hondarrezko Basamortu HandiaBasque
Вялікая Пясчаная пустыняBelarusian
ग्रेट सैंडी मरुस्थलBhojpuri
ग्रेट सैंडी रेगिस्तानBhojpuri
Velika pješčana pustinjaBosnian
Голяма пясъчна пустиняBulgarian
Gran Desert ArenósCatalan
Gran Desert de SorraCatalan
Great Sandy DesertCebuano
Great Sandy Desert (kamadan sa Awstralya)Cebuano
大沙地沙漠Chinese
大沙沙漠Chinese
Velika pješčana pustinjaCroatian
Velká písečná poušťCzech
Great Sandy DesertDutch
Grote ZandwoestijnDutch
صحرا الرمل الكبرىEgyptian Arabic
Granda Sabla DezertoEsperanto
Suur LiivakõrbEstonian
Iso Hiekka-aavikkoFinnish
Iso Hiekka-autiomaaFinnish
დიდი ქვიშიანი უდაბნოGeorgian
מדבר החול הגדולHebrew
ग्रेट सैंडीHindi
Nagy HomoksivatagHungarian
Gurun Pasir BesarIndonesian
Gran Deserto SabbiosoItalian
グレートサンディ砂漠Japanese
ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಸ್ಯಾಂಡೀ ಮರುಭೂಮಿKannada
그레이트샌디 사막Korean
Lielais Smilšu tuksnesisLatvian
Didžioji Smėlio dykumaLithuanian
ग्रेट स्यान्डी मरुभूमिMaithili
Их элсэн цөлMongolian
ग्रेट स्यान्डी मरुभूमिNepali
Store sandørkenNorwegian
Den store sandørkenNorwegian Bokmål
Den store sandørkenenNorwegian Bokmål
Great Sandy DesertNorwegian Bokmål
Store sandørkenNorwegian Bokmål
ਮਹਾਨ ਰੇਤਲਾ ਮਾਰੂਥਲPanjabi
بیابان گریت سندیPersian
بیابان ماسهای بزرگPersian
Wielka Pustynia PiaszczystaPolish
Marele deşert nisiposRomanian
Большая Песчаная пустыняRussian
Fàsach Mhòr na GainmhichScottish Gaelic
Great Sandy DesertScottish Gaelic
Velika peščana pustinjaSerbian
Велика пешчана пустињаSerbian
Велика пјешчана пустињаSerbian
Velika pješčana pustinjaSerbo-Croatian
Veľká piesočná púšťSlovak
Velika peščena puščavaSlovenian
Great Sandy DesertSwedish
Great Sandy Desert (öken i Australien)Swedish
Stora SandöknenSwedish
Биёбони регзори калонTajik
பெரிய மணற்பாங்கான பாலைவனம்Tamil
గ్రేట్ శాండీ ఎడారిTelugu
Büyük Kum ÇölüTurkish
Велика Піщана пустеляUkrainian
Katta qumli cho‘lUzbek
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