Richat Structure

The Richat Structure, or Guelb er Richât, often called the Eye of Africa is a prominent circular geological feature at the northwestern edge of the , on the Adrar Plateau of the .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: circular feature in the Sahara desert
  • Also known as: “Eye of Africa”, “Eye of the Sahara”, “Guelb er Richât”, and “The Eye of Africa”

Richat Structure

Latitude
21.10485° or 21° 6′ 18″ north
Longitude
-11.38392° or 11° 23′ 2″ west
Open location code
7CHC4J38+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157329997
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q744591
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Richat Structure” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تكوين الريشات”
  • Arabic: “حفرة الريشات”
  • Arabic: “عين الصحراء”
  • Arabic: “قلب الريشات”
  • Armenian: “Ռիշատ”
  • Belarusian: “Структура Рышат”
  • Bulgarian: “Структура Ришат”
  • Catalan: “Estructura de Richat”
  • Cebuano: “Guelb er Richât”
  • Chinese: “理查特結構”
  • Chinese: “理查特结构”
  • Czech: “Oko Sahary”
  • Dutch: “Guelb el-Richat”
  • Dutch: “Guelb er-Richat”
  • Dutch: “Richat Structuur”
  • Dutch: “Richatstructuur”
  • Esperanto: “strukturo Riŝat”
  • Finnish: “Richatin rakennelma”
  • French: “Dôme de Richat”
  • French: “Guelb er Richat”
  • French: “L’oeil de l’Afrique”
  • French: “Oeil de l’Afrique”
  • French: “Œil de l’Afrique”
  • French: “structure de Richat”
  • French: “Structure de Richat”
  • Galician: “Estrutura Richat”
  • Georgian: “რიშატის სტრუქტურა”
  • Georgian: “საჰარის თვალი”
  • German: “Auge Afrikas”
  • German: “Bull’s eye”
  • German: “Guelb er Richat”
  • German: “Richat Struktur”
  • German: “Richat-Struktur”
  • Hausa: “Tsarin Richat”
  • Hebrew: “מבנה רישאת”
  • Hungarian: “Richat-képződmény”
  • Hungarian: “Szahara Szeme, Richat struktúra”
  • Indonesian: “Struktur Richat”
  • Italian: “occhio del Sahara”
  • Italian: “Struttura di Richat”
  • Italian: “Strutura di Richard”
  • Japanese: “リシャット構造”
  • Korean: “리차트 구조”
  • Korean: “사하라의 눈”
  • Korean: “아프리카의 눈”
  • Lithuanian: “Rišato struktūra”
  • Persian: “چشم صحرا”
  • Polish: “Guelb er Richart”
  • Polish: “Guelb er Richat”
  • Polish: “Kalb ar-Riszat”
  • Polish: “Oko Afryki”
  • Polish: “Oko Sahary (Karb al-Riszat , Oko Afryki)”
  • Polish: “Oko Sahary”
  • Polish: “Struktura Richat”
  • Polish: “Struktura Richata”
  • Portuguese: “Estrutura de Richat”
  • Portuguese: “Olho da África”
  • Portuguese: “Olho do Saara”
  • Portuguese: “Richat Structure”
  • Quechua: “Richat Pawa”
  • Romanian: “Structura Richat”
  • Russian: “Ришат”
  • Russian: “Структура Ричат”
  • Russian: “Структура Ришат (Глаз Сахары)”
  • Russian: “Структура Ришат”
  • Serbian: “Око Сахаре”
  • Spanish: “Estructura de Richat”
  • Spanish: “Estructura Richat”
  • Spanish: “Richat”
  • Swahili: “Muundo wa Richat”
  • Swedish: “Guelb er Richât”
  • Swedish: “Guelb er-Richat”
  • Swedish: “Richatformationen”
  • Swedish: “Saharas öga”
  • Tamil: “சகாராவின் கண்”
  • Thai: “โครงสร้าง Richat”
  • Thai: “โครงสร้างริคฮัท”
  • Turkish: “Richat yapısı”
  • Ukrainian: “Глаз Сахари”
  • Ukrainian: “Око Сахари”
  • Ukrainian: “Ришат”
  • Ukrainian: “Структура Ришат”
  • Vietnamese: “Cấu trúc Richat”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guelb er Richât”

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