Simpson Desert

The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in the , and in central . It is the fourth-largest Australian desert, with an area of 176,500 km2.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: desert in Central Australia
  • Also known as: “Munga-Thirri”

Simpson Desert

Latitude
-25.4543° or 25° 27′ 15″ south
Longitude
136.6704° or 136° 40′ 13″ east
Open location code
5Q6RGMWC+74
Open­Street­Map ID
way 168949121
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q211839
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Simpson Desert” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صحراء سمبسون”
  • Arabic: “صحراء سيمبسون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Simpson”
  • Basque: “Simpson basamortua”
  • Belarusian: “Пустыня Сімпсан”
  • Belarusian: “Пустыня Сімпсана”
  • Belarusian: “Пустыня Сымпсан”
  • Belarusian: “Пустыня Сымпсана”
  • Belarusian: “Сімпсан”
  • Bulgarian: “Симпсън”
  • Catalan: “Desert de Simpson”
  • Catalan: “Desert Simpson”
  • Catalan: “Simpson Desert”
  • Cebuano: “Simpson Desert”
  • Chinese: “Simpson Desert”
  • Chinese: “辛普森沙漠”
  • Chinese: “辛普生沙漠”
  • Czech: “Simpsonova poušť”
  • Dutch: “Simpsonwoestijn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا سمبسون”
  • Esperanto: “Dezerto Simpson”
  • Estonian: “Simpsoni kõrb”
  • Finnish: “Simpsonin aavikko”
  • French: “Desert de Simpson”
  • French: “désert de Simpson”
  • French: “Désert de Simpson”
  • French: “Simpson Desert”
  • Georgian: “სიმპსონის უდაბნო”
  • Georgian: “სიმფსონის უდაბნო”
  • German: “Simpson Desert”
  • German: “Simpson-Wüste”
  • German: “Simpsonwüste”
  • Hebrew: “מדבר סימפסון”
  • Hindi: “अरुनता”
  • Hungarian: “Simpson-sivatag”
  • Indonesian: “Gurun Simpson”
  • Italian: “Deserto di Simpson”
  • Italian: “deserto Simpson”
  • Japanese: “シンプソン砂漠”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಮ್ಸನ್ ಮರುಭೂಮಿ”
  • Korean: “심슨 사막”
  • Korean: “심슨사막”
  • Korean: “심프슨 사막”
  • Latvian: “Simpsona tuksnesis”
  • Literary Chinese: “Simpson Desert”
  • Literary Chinese: “辛普生沙漠”
  • Lithuanian: “Simpsono dykuma”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Simpson Desert”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Simpsonørkenen”
  • Norwegian: “Simpsonørkenen”
  • Persian: “بیابان سیمپسون”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Pustyni Simpsona”
  • Polish: “Pustynia Simpsona”
  • Portuguese: “Deserto de Simpson”
  • Russian: “Пустыня Симпсона”
  • Russian: “Симпсон-Дезерт”
  • Russian: “Симпсон”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fàsach Shimpson”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Simpson Desert”
  • Serbian: “Simpsonova pustinja”
  • Serbian: “Симпсонова пустиња”
  • Slovak: “Simpsonova púšť”
  • Spanish: “Desierto de Simpson”
  • Spanish: “Desierto Simpson”
  • Swedish: “Simpson Desert”
  • Swedish: “Simpsonöknen”
  • Thai: “ทะเลทรายซิมป์สัน”
  • Turkish: “Simpson Çölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Пустеля Сімпсона”
  • Ukrainian: “Сімпсон”
  • Urdu: “صحرائے سمپسن”
  • Uzbek: “Simpson choʻli”
  • Western Panjabi: “صحرائے سمپسن”
  • Yue Chinese: “Simpson Desert”

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