Karakum
The Karakum Desert is a large, mostly empty desert that takes up most of the central section of Turkmenistan. It is famous chiefly for one destination, the Derweze Gas Crater, also popularly known as the Door to Hell, an open pit lake of fire that has been burning for more than 50 years now.
- Sand
- …is also known as “Karakum Desert”
- Description: desert in Turkmenistan
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Latitude
40.1334° or 40° 8′ 0″ north
Longitude
59.1232° or 59° 7′ 23″ east
Open location code
8HGX44MF+97
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = sand
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Karakum” goes by many names.
Kara-KumAfrikaans
KarakumiAlbanian
صحراء الرمال السوداءArabic
صحراء قره قومArabic
صحراء كراكورمArabic
ԿարակումներArmenian
Desiertu de KarakumAsturian
Qaraqum səhrasıAzerbaijani
ҠараҡомBashkir
KarakumBasque
КаракумыBelarusian
কারাকুম মরুভূমিBengali
KarakumBosnian
Pustinja KarakumBosnian
КаракумBulgarian
Desert de Kara-kumCatalan
Kara-KumCatalan
GaragumCebuano
Garagum (kamadan sa Turkmenistan)Cebuano
بیابانی قەرەقوومCentral Kurdish
中央卡拉库姆沙漠Chinese
卡拉库姆沙漠Chinese
卡拉庫姆沙漠Chinese
Kara KumCroatian
KarakumCzech
Karakumská poušťCzech
Kara KumDanish
Karakum-ørkenDanish
KarakumørkenenDanish
Kara KumDutch
KarakoemDutch
KarakumwoestijnDutch
صحرا قره قومEgyptian Arabic
Dezerto de KarakumEsperanto
KarakumoEsperanto
KarakumEstonian
KarakumFinnish
Deserto de KarakumGalician
ყარაყუმიGeorgian
ΚαρακούμGreek
KarakũGuarani
קאראקוםHebrew
काराकुमHindi
काराकुम रेगिस्तानHindi
Kara-kumHungarian
Dezerto KarakumIdo
Gurun KarakumIndonesian
KarakumIndonesian
Deserto del KarakumItalian
Deserto KarakumItalian
Kara-KumItalian
カラクーム砂漠Japanese
カラクム砂漠Japanese
ಕಾರಕಮ್ ಮರುಭೂಮಿKannada
КъаракъумKarachay-Balkar
QaraqumKazakh
ҚарақұмKazakh
قاراقۇمKazakh
Кара-Кум чөлүKirghiz
까라꿈 사막Korean
카라쿰 사막Korean
Къара-къумLak
KarakumLatin
KarakumsLatvian
KarakumaiLithuanian
Karakumų dykumaLithuanian
КаракумMacedonian
Gurun KarakumMalay
കാരകും മരുഭൂമിMalayalam
قره قومMazanderani
ყარაყუმიMingrelian
Каракум цөлMongolian
KarakumNorthern Frisian
KarakumNorwegian
Gara GumNorwegian Bokmål
Kara-KumNorwegian Bokmål
Karakum-ørkenenNorwegian Bokmål
KarakumyNorwegian Bokmål
QoraqumNorwegian Bokmål
KarakumNorwegian Nynorsk
କାରାକୁମ ମରୁଭୂମିOriya
ਕਾਰਾਕੁਮ ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨPanjabi
بیابان قرهٔ قومPersian
صحرای قرهقومPersian
قراقومPersian
قرهقومPersian
GaragumPolish
Kara-kumPolish
د قراقم دښتهPushto
KarakumQuechua
Deșertul KarakunRomanian
KarakumRomanian
Karakum DesertRomanian
Кара-КумRussian
КаракумыRussian
Пустыня Кара-КумRussian
КаракумRusyn
Karakum DesertScots
Kara KumScottish Gaelic
Karakum DesertScottish Gaelic
KarakumSerbian
КаракумSerbian
KarakumSerbo-Croatian
KarakumSlovak
KarakumSlovenian
قره قوم چؤلوSouth Azerbaijani
GaragumSwedish
Kara-KumSwedish
Kara-kum-öknenSwedish
காராகும் பாலைவனம்Tamil
Караком чүлеTatar
కారకుం ఎడారిTelugu
การากุมThai
Karakum ÇölüTurkish
GaragumTurkmen
Garagum çöliTurkmen
Кара-КумUkrainian
КаракумиUkrainian
KarakumUpper Sorbian
Karakumska pusćinaUpper Sorbian
صحرائے قرہ قومUrdu
کاراکمUrdu
QoraqumUzbek
Hoang mạc KarakumVietnamese
Disyerto KarakumWaray (Philippines)
Քարաքում անապատըWestern Armenian
KarakumWestern Frisian
قراقم صحراWestern Panjabi
卡拉库姆沙漠Wu Chinese
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
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