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 Taoudeni Basin, on the Adrar Plateau of the .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: circular feature in the Sahara desert
  • Also known as: “Auge Afrikas”, “Bull’s eye”, “Dôme de Richat”, “Estructura Richat”, “Eye of Africa”, “Eye of the Sahara”, “Guelb el-Richat”, “Guelb er Richart”, “L’oeil de l’Afrique”, “occhio del Sahara”, “Oeil de l’Afrique”, “Œil de l’Afrique”, “Oko Afryki”, “Olho da África”, “Olho do Saara”, “Richat”, “Richat Structuur”, “Richat Struktur”, “Richatformationen”, “Saharas öga”, “Structure de Richat حفرة الريشات- Guelb er Richât”, “Struktura Richat”, “Struktura Richata”, “The Eye of Africa”, “Глаз Сахари”, “Око Сахари”, “Структура Ричат”, “საჰარის თვალი”, “حفرة الريشات”, “عين الصحراء”, “قلب الريشات”, “โครงสร้างริคฮัท”, “사하라의 눈”, and “아프리카의 눈”

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
natural=­cliff
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q744591
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Satellite Map

Discover Richat Structure from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Richat Structure” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تكوين 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: “Richatstructuur”
  • Esperanto: “strukturo Riŝat”
  • Finnish: “Richatin rakennelma”
  • French: “structure de Richat”
  • French: “Structure de Richat”
  • Galician: “Estrutura Richat”
  • Georgian: “რიშატის სტრუქტურა”
  • German: “Guelb er Richat”
  • German: “Richat-Struktur”
  • Hausa: “Tsarin Richat”
  • Hebrew: “מבנה רישאת”
  • Hungarian: “Richat-képződmény”
  • Hungarian: “Szahara Szeme, Richat struktúra”
  • Indonesian: “Struktur Richat”
  • Italian: “Struttura di Richat”
  • Italian: “Strutura di Richard”
  • Japanese: “リシャット構造”
  • Korean: “리차트 구조”
  • Lithuanian: “Rišato struktūra”
  • Persian: “چشم صحرا”
  • Polish: “Kalb ar-Riszat”
  • Polish: “Oko Sahary (Karb al-Riszat , Oko Afryki)”
  • Portuguese: “Estrutura de Richat”
  • Quechua: “Richat Pawa”
  • Romanian: “Structura Richat”
  • Russian: “Ришат”
  • Russian: “Структура Ришат (Глаз Сахары)”
  • Russian: “Структура Ришат”
  • Serbian: “Око Сахаре”
  • Spanish: “Estructura de Richat”
  • Swahili: “Muundo wa Richat”
  • Swedish: “Guelb er-Richat”
  • Tamil: “சகாராவின் கண்”
  • Thai: “โครงสร้าง Richat”
  • Turkish: “Richat yapısı”
  • Ukrainian: “Ришат”
  • Ukrainian: “Структура Ришат”
  • Vietnamese: “Cấu trúc Richat”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guelb er Richât”

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