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Key facts
- Area
- 176,500 km (68,100 mi )
- Country
- Australia
- States
- Northern Territory Queensland South Australia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- South Australia
- Area
- 176500
- Elevation
- 288
- Image
- Simpson-Desert-2007-12-16-NASA.jpg
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- located in/on physical feature
- Central Australia
- native label
- Munga-Thirri
- Commons category
- Simpson Desert
- named by
- Cecil Madigan
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth-largest Australian desert, with an area of 176,500 km (68,100 sq mi).
The Wangkangurru Yarluyandi people know this area as Munga-Thirri.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simpson Desert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.