North Africa
Algeria
Beni Abbes

Grand Erg Occidental

The Grand Erg Occidental, is the second largest erg in northern after the . It covers an area of approximately 78,000 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Sand
  • Description: erg in Algeria
  • Also known as: “Great Western Sand Sea” and “Western Erg”

Grand Erg Occidental

Latitude
30.68996° or 30° 41′ 24″ north
Longitude
0.34308° or 0° 20′ 35″ east
Elevation
502 metres (1,647 feet)
Open location code
8F22M8QV+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 232227949
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­sand
Geo­Names ID
2495856
Wiki­data ID
Q1537020
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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”
  • 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: “西大厄尔格沙漠”
  • Chinese: “西方大沙海”
  • Czech: “Velký západní erg”
  • Dutch: “Westelijke Grote Erg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العرق الغربى الكبير”
  • Finnish: “Läntinen Iso erg”
  • Finnish: “Läntinen Iso Erg”
  • French: “Grand Erg occidental”
  • 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”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grand Erg Occidental”. Photo: Superazzouz123, CC BY-SA 3.0.