Great Desert
Great Desert is a desert in Mexico.- Type: Desert
- Also known as: “Desierto del Altar”, “Gran Desierto”, and “Sonoran Desert”
- Category: landform
- Location: Mexico, North America
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Latitude
32.25° or 32° 15′ northLongitude
-114.5° or 114° 30′ westElevation
43 metres (141 feet)Open location code
85477G22+22GeoNames ID
4018698
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Great Desert” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sonorawoestijn”
- French: “désert de Sonora”
- German: “Sonora-Wüste”
- Italian: “deserto di Sonora”
- Japanese: “ソノラ砂漠”
- Korean: “소노라 사막”
- Russian: “Сонора”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Altar”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Sonora”
- Spanish: “Desierto Grande”
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