Sechura Desert
The Sechura Desert is a coastal desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru along the Pacific coast and inland to the foothills of the Andes Mountains.- Type: Desert
- Description: desert in Peru
- Also known as: “Arenal Desierto de Sechura”, “désert de Nazca”, “Nazca”, “poušť Nazca”, “poušť Sechura”, and “Pustynia Sechura”
Sechura Desert
- Category: landform
- Location: Piura, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-5.83333° or 5° 50′ south
Longitude
-80.66667° or 80° 40′ west
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
666X588M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Sechura Desert” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صحراء سيشورا”
- Armenian: “Սեչուրա”
- Azerbaijani: “Seçura”
- Belarusian: “Сечура”
- Cebuano: “Desierto de Sechura”
- Chinese: “塞丘拉沙漠”
- Czech: “Sechura”
- Dutch: “Sechurawoestijn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا سيشورا”
- Esperanto: “Seĉura-Dezerto”
- Finnish: “Sechuran aavikko”
- French: “Désert de Sechura”
- Georgian: “ნასკას უდაბნო”
- Georgian: “სეჩურის უდაბნო”
- German: “Sechura-Wüste”
- Hebrew: “מדבר סכורה”
- Hebrew: “מדבר סצ’ורה”
- Indonesian: “Gurun Sechura”
- Italian: “deserto di Sechura”
- Italian: “Deserto di Sechura”
- Japanese: “セチュラ砂漠”
- Lithuanian: “Sečuros dykuma”
- Lithuanian: “Sečūros dykuma”
- Macedonian: “Сечура”
- Malay: “Gurun Sechura”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sechuraørkenen”
- Persian: “بیابان سچورا”
- Polish: “Sechura (pustynia)”
- Polish: “Sechura”
- Portuguese: “Deserto de Nazca”
- Portuguese: “Deserto de Sechura”
- Quechua: “Sichura ch’in pacha”
- Romanian: “Deșertul Sechura”
- Russian: “Сечура”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sechura”
- Serbian: “Сечура”
- Slovenian: “puščava Sechura”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Sechura”
- Ukrainian: “Сечура”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Garita Garcia and Salina.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pampa Chocol and Garita Garcia.
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