Grand Erg Oriental (Algeria and Tunisia)

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Name (Latin)
Grand Erg Oriental (Algeria and Tunisia)
Other forms of name
al-ʻIrq al-Sharqī al-Kabīir (Algeria and Tunisia)
Eastern Erg (Algeria and Tunisia)
Erg de l'Irharhar (Algeria and Tunisia)
Grande Ergh Oriental (Algeria and Tunisia)
Great Eastern Erg (Algeria and Tunisia)
Great Eastern Ergh (Algeria and Tunisia)
Igharghar (Algeria and Tunisia)
Irharer, Erg de l' (Algeria and Tunisia)
Oriental Erg (Algeria and Tunisia)
Coordinates
6 6 30 30 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Deserts Algeria
Deserts Tunisia
Sand dunes Algeria
Sand dunes Tunisia
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q307143
Library of congress: sh2015001228
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: 2015587084: Croquis du Grand Erg Oriental, 1923map recto (Grand Erg Oriental)
  • GEOnet, May 11, 2015(Grand Erg Oriental, dunes; Algeria and Tunisia; 30°00ʹ00ʺN, 7°00ʹ00ʺE, variants: Eastern Erg, Grande Ergh Oriental, Great Eastern Erg, Great Eastern Ergh, Igharghar, Erg de l'Irharhar, Oriental Erg)
  • Wikipedia, May 11, 2015(Grand Erg Oriental; al-ʻIrq al-Sharqī al-Kabīir,العرق الشرقي الكبير (English: 'Great Eastern Sand Sea') is a large erg or "field of sand dunes" in the Sahara Desert. Situated for the most part in Saharan lowlands of northeast Algeria, the Grand Erg Oriental covers an area some 600 km wide by 200 km north to south. The erg's northeastern edge spills over into neighbouring Tunisia)