Eastern Desert

The Eastern Desert is the part of the that is located east of the Nile River. It spans 223,000 square kilometres of northeastern Africa and is bordered by the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea to the east, and the Nile River to the west.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: Sahara desert east of the Nile river
  • Also known as: “Arabian Desert” and “Eastern Desert, Eastern Desert”

Eastern Desert

Latitude
27.9635° or 27° 57′ 49″ north
Longitude
31.9819° or 31° 58′ 55″ east
Open location code
7GVHXX7J+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768031575
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q624170
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Eastern Desert” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الصحراء الشرقي”
  • Arabic: “الصحراء الشرقية”
  • Armenian: “Արաբական անապատ”
  • Basque: “Arabiar basamortua”
  • Belarusian: “Арабская пустыня”
  • Belarusian: “Аравійская пустыня”
  • Bulgarian: “Арабска пустиня”
  • Catalan: “desert oriental d’Egipte”
  • Catalan: “Desert oriental d’Egipte”
  • Cebuano: “Arabian Desert”
  • Chinese: “东部沙漠”
  • Chinese: “東部沙漠”
  • Czech: “Arabská poušť”
  • Czech: “Východní poušť”
  • Dutch: “Arabische Woestijn”
  • Dutch: “Oostelijke Woestijn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الصحرا الشرقيه”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Dezerto”
  • Estonian: “Araabia kõrb”
  • Finnish: “Arabian aavikko (Egypti)”
  • Finnish: “Itäinen aavikko”
  • French: “Désert arabique”
  • French: “Désert Arabique”
  • French: “Eastern Desert”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთის უდაბნო”
  • German: “Arabische Wüste”
  • German: “Eastern Desert”
  • German: “Östliche Wüste”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Έρημος”
  • Hebrew: “המדבר הערבי”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी रेगिस्तान”
  • Hungarian: “Arab-sivatag”
  • Hungarian: “Keleti-sivatag”
  • Indonesian: “Gurun Timur”
  • Italian: “Deserto orientale”
  • Japanese: “東部砂漠”
  • Kazakh: “Арабия шөлі”
  • Korean: “이스턴 사막”
  • Kurdish: “Çolê Erebistanê”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų dykuma”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟაეიოლიშ ტიოზი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Araabisk Wüüst”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uast-Araabisk Wüüst”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den østlige ørkenen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Østørkenen”
  • Norwegian: “Østørkenen”
  • Persian: “صحرای شرقی”
  • Polish: “Pustynia Arabska”
  • Polish: “Pustynia Wschodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Deserto Oriental Africano”
  • Russian: “Аравийская пустыня”
  • Serbian: “Арабијска пустиња”
  • Serbian: “Арапска пустиња”
  • Serbian: “Источна пустиња”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Istočna pustinja”
  • Slovak: “Východná púšť”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodna puščava”
  • Spanish: “Desierto arabigo”
  • Spanish: “Desierto Arabigo”
  • Spanish: “Desierto arábigo”
  • Spanish: “Desierto Arábigo”
  • Swedish: “Arabiska öknen”
  • Swedish: “Östra öknen”
  • Tajik: “Саҳрои Шарқӣ”
  • Tatar: “Гарәпстан чүле”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Çölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Аравійська пустеля”

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