Agafay Desert
The Agafay Desert is a rocky desert landscape located about 30 kilometers south of Marrakech, Morocco. Often called the "Marrakech Desert," it offers a harsh, beautiful landscape of stone dunes and white hills with the snow-capped High Atlas mountains in the background.Photo: Pierre.hamelin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agafay Desert
- Type: desert
- Description: desert near Marrakech, Morocco
- Category: desert pavement
- Location: High Atlas, Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.4286° or 31° 25′ 43″ northLongitude
-8.1438° or 8° 8′ 38″ westOpen location code
8C3HCVH4+CFWikidata ID
Q86301994
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Agafay Desert” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صحراء أكفاي”
- French: “Désert d’Agafay”
- Moroccan Arabic: “آڭافاي”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Agafay”
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