Grand Erg Oriental

The Grand Erg Oriental is a large erg or "field of sand dunes" in the Sahara Desert. Situated for the most part in Saharan lowlands of northeast , the Grand Erg Oriental covers an area of some 185,000 sq. km.
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  • Dune
  • …lies at an elevation of 254 metres (833 feet)
  • Description: erg in Algeria and Tunisia
  • Also known as
    “Eastern Erg”
    “Erg de l’Irharhar”
    “Grande Ergh Oriental”
    “Great Eastern Erg”
    “Great Eastern Ergh”
    “Igharghar”
    “Oriental Erg”

Grand Erg Oriental

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Latitude
30° north
Longitude
7° east
Open location code
8F292222+22
Geo­Names ID
2470874
Wiki­data ID
Q307143

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Grand Erg Oriental” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العرق الشرقي الكبير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Şərqi Erq”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Erg Handia”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі Усходні Эрг”
  • Bulgarian: “Голям източен ерг”
  • Bulgarian: “Голям Източен ерг”
  • Bulgarian: “Голям Източен Ерг”
  • Catalan: “Gran Erg Oriental”
  • Chinese: “大東方沙海”
  • Chinese: “大東方沙漠”
  • Czech: “Velký východní erg”
  • Dutch: “Oostelijke Grote Erg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العرق الشرقى الكبير”
  • Finnish: “Itäinen Iso erg”
  • French: “Grand Erg oriental”
  • German: “Östlicher Grosser Erg”
  • German: “Östlicher Großer Erg”
  • Greek: “Γκραν Εργκ Οριεντάλ”
  • Italian: “Grande Erg Orientale”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Rytų Ergas”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്രാൻഡ് എർഗ് ഒറിയന്റൽ”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Grand Erg Orientau”
  • Persian: “شن‌زار بزرگ خاوری”
  • Persian: “شنزار بزرگ خاوری”
  • Polish: “Wielki Erg Wschodni”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Erg Oriental”
  • Romanian: “Marele erg oriental”
  • Romanian: “Marele Erg Oriental”
  • Russian: “Большой Восточный Эрг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki istočni erg”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki Istočni Erg”
  • Slovak: “Veľký východný Erg”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki vzhodni erg”
  • Spanish: “Gran Erg Oriental”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Doğu Ergi”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий Східний Ерг”
  • Welsh: “Grand Erg Oriental”

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