Richat Structure
The Richat Structure, or Guelb er Richât, often called the Eye of Africa is a prominent circular geological feature at the northwestern edge of the Taoudeni Basin, on the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara.
- Type: Depression with an elevation of 423 metres
- Description: circular feature in the Sahara desert
- Also known as: “Auge Afrikas”, “Bull’s eye”, “Dôme de Richat”, “Er Rîchât”, “Estructura Richat”, “Eye of Africa”, “Eye of the Sahara”, “Guelb el-Richat”, “Guelb er Richart”, “L’oeil de l’Afrique”, “occhio del Sahara”, “Oeil de l’Afrique”, “Œil de l’Afrique”, “Oko Afryki”, “Olho da África”, “Olho do Saara”, “Richat”, “Richat Structuur”, “Richat Struktur”, “Richat-Struktur”, “Richate”, “Richatformationen”, “Saharas öga”, “Struktura Richat”, “Struktura Richata”, “The Eye of Africa”, “Глаз Сахари”, “Око Сахари”, “Структура Ричат”, “საჰარის თვალი”, “حفرة الريشات”, “عين الصحراء”, “قلب الريشات”, “โครงสร้างริคฮัท”, “사하라의 눈”, and “아프리카의 눈”
Richat Structure
- Categories: rock formation and landform
- Location: Adrar Region, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
21.11716° or 21° 7′ 2″ north
Longitude
-11.40183° or 11° 24′ 7″ west
Elevation
423 metres (1,388 feet)
Open location code
7CHC4H8X+V7
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Richat Structure” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تكوين الريشات”
- Armenian: “Ռիշատ”
- Belarusian: “Структура Рышат”
- Bulgarian: “Структура Ришат”
- Catalan: “Estructura de Richat”
- Cebuano: “Guelb er Richât”
- Chinese: “理查特結構”
- Chinese: “理查特结构”
- Czech: “Oko Sahary”
- Dutch: “Richatstructuur”
- Esperanto: “strukturo Riŝat”
- Finnish: “Richatin rakennelma”
- French: “structure de Richat”
- French: “Structure de Richat”
- Galician: “Estrutura Richat”
- Georgian: “რიშატის სტრუქტურა”
- German: “Guelb er Richat”
- Hausa: “Tsarin Richat”
- Hebrew: “מבנה רישאת”
- Hungarian: “Richat-képződmény”
- Indonesian: “Struktur Richat”
- Italian: “Struttura di Richat”
- Japanese: “リシャット構造”
- Korean: “리차트 구조”
- Lithuanian: “Rišato struktūra”
- Persian: “چشم صحرا”
- Polish: “Kalb ar-Riszat”
- Portuguese: “Estrutura de Richat”
- Quechua: “Richat Pawa”
- Romanian: “Structura Richat”
- Russian: “Ришат”
- Russian: “Структура Ришат”
- Serbian: “Око Сахаре”
- Spanish: “Estructura de Richat”
- Swahili: “Muundo wa Richat”
- Swedish: “Guelb er-Richat”
- Tamil: “சகாராவின் கண்”
- Thai: “โครงสร้าง Richat”
- Turkish: “Richat yapısı”
- Ukrainian: “Ришат”
- Ukrainian: “Структура Ришат”
- Vietnamese: “Cấu trúc Richat”
- Waray (Philippines): “Guelb er Richât”
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Places to explore: Legdeim and Traylet Mohammed Lemine.
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Highlights: Sebket el Guelb and Dayet el Mesrane.
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