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Dasht-e Lut

Also known as Lut Desert

desert in Iran

AI overview

Dasht-e Lut is a vast desert in southeastern Iran known for its extreme heat and distinctive landscape featuring salt flats, canyons, and wind-eroded rock formations. The desert is notable as one of the hottest places on Earth and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its unique geological and geographical features.

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Vinony catalogs Dasht-e Lut in its UNESCO World Heritage collection (3,384 entries).

Within Vinony's link graph, Dasht-e Lut is referenced by 267 other articles, and connects out to dune, Dasht-e Kavir and salt pan.

The entry is geolocated on the map in IR.

Vinony files it under Deserts of Iran, Ergs and Geography of Kerman province.

Wikidata facts

Country: Iran
Located in: Kerman Province
Area: 1794134
Image: Sand castles - Dasht-e Lut desert - Kerman.JPG
Length: 480

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Commons category: Dasht-e Lut
heritage designation: World Heritage Site
Commons gallery: Dasht-e Lut

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Encyclopedic overview

Lut Desert (Persian: دشت لوت, romanized: Dasht-e Lut, lit. 'Plain of Emptiness') is a desert with both extensive salt flats and dunes located in the provinces of Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran. It is the world's 33rd-largest desert, and was included in UNESCO's World Heritage List on July 17, 2016.

The name is derived from Lut which means 'bare, empty' in Persian and dasht which means 'plain' in Persian.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dasht-e Lut” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.