Grand Erg Occidental
The Grand Erg Occidental, Arabic العرق الغربي الكبير, is an erg in the northern center of the Algerian Sahara. It is the third largest erg in Algeria after the Erg Chech and the Grand Erg Oriental.
- Desert
- …lies at an elevation of around 500 metres (1,640 feet)
- …is also known as “Western Erg”
- Description: erg in Algeria
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Latitude
30.33333° or 30° 20′ north
Longitude
0°
Open location code
8F2282M2+82
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Grand Erg Occidental” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العرق الغربي الكبير”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Qərbi Erq”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko Erg Handia”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Заходні Эрг”
- Bulgarian: “Голям западен ерг”
- Catalan: “Gran Erg Occidental”
- Cebuano: “Grand Erg Occidental”
- Chinese: “大西方沙漠”
- Chinese: “西大厄尔格”
- Chinese: “西方大沙海”
- Czech: “Velký západní erg”
- Dutch: “Westelijke Grote Erg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “العرق الغربى الكبير”
- Finnish: “Läntinen Iso Erg”
- French: “Grand Erg occidental”
- German: “Grand Erg Occidental”
- German: “Westlicher Grosser Erg”
- German: “Westlicher Großer Erg”
- German: “Westlicher Sandsee”
- Greek: “Γκραν Εργκ Οξιντεντάλ”
- Italian: “Grande Erg Occidentale”
- Italian: “Mare Sabbioso Occidentale”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Vakarų Ergas”
- Persian: “شنزار بزرگ باختری”
- Polish: “Wielki Erg Zachodni”
- Russian: “Большой Западный Эрг”
- Slovak: “Veľký západný Erg”
- Slovenian: “Veliki zahodni erg”
- Spanish: “Gran Erg Occidental”
- Swedish: “Grand Erg Occidental”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Західний Ерг”
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