Amargosa Desert

The Amargosa Desert is located in in western , , along the – border, comprising the northeastern portion of the geographic Amargosa Valley, north of the .
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  • Desert
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,411 feet (735 metres)
  • Description: desert in Nevada and California, United States
  • Also known as
    “Amargoza Desert”
    “Great Amargosa Desert”
    “Great Armagosa Desert”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amargosa Valley.
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Amargosa Desert

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Latitude
36.6019° or 36° 36′ 7″ north
Longitude
-116.557° or 116° 33′ 25″ west
Open location code
8585JC2V+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369161516
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­desert
Geo­Names ID
5499205
Wiki­data ID
Q3297553

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Amargosa Desert” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صحراء أمارغوسا”
  • Basque: “Amargosa basamortua”
  • Cebuano: “Amargosa Desert”
  • Dutch: “Amargosa desert”
  • Dutch: “Amargosawoestijn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا امارجوسا”
  • French: “Désert d’Amargosa”
  • Georgian: “ამარგოსის უდაბნო”
  • Italian: “deserto di Amargosa”
  • Italian: “Deserto di Amargosa”
  • Lithuanian: “Amargosos dykuma”
  • Malayalam: “അമർഗോസ മരുഭൂമി”
  • Persian: “بیابان امرگوسا”
  • Polish: “Pustynia Amargosa”
  • Portuguese: “Deserto de Amargosa”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amargosa Desert”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fàsach Amargosa”
  • Spanish: “Desierto de Amargosa”
  • Ukrainian: “Амаргоса”

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