List of deserts in Australia and Oceania
This is a non-exhaustive list of deserts in Australia and Oceania .
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Surname | image | place | Type | Area (km²) |
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Australian deserts |
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Australia | Sand desert | 1,371,000 |
Gibson Desert |
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Australia , state of Western Australia | 156,300 | |
Great sandy desert |
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Northwest of Australia | 267,250 | |
Great Victoria Desert |
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South and West of Australia ( South Australia and Western Australia ) | 348,750 | |
Kaʻū desert |
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East side of Kīlauea crater, district of Kaʻū, the southernmost district on the Big Island of Hawaii | ||
Small sand desert |
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Australia, state of Western Australia | Sand desert | 111,500 |
Nullarbor Plain |
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southern Australia at the Great Australian Bay | Karst desert | 77,000 |
Painted Desert |
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73 kilometers southwest of Oodnadatta in the Australian state of South Australia | ||
Pedirka desert | between Simpson Desert and Great Victoria Desert | 1,250 | ||
Rangipo Desert |
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North Island of New Zealand | ||
Red Center |
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Outback of the Northern Territory | Semi-desert | approx. 1,000,000 |
Simpson Desert |
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mostly in the Northern Territory | Sand desert | 176,500 |
Strzelecki desert |
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mostly in South Australia | 80,250 | |
Sturt's stony desert |
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Australia in the states of South Australia and, to a lesser extent, also in Queensland | 29,750 | |
Tanami desert |
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Australia, mostly to the state of the Northern Territory | 184,500 | |
Tirari Desert |
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Australia, northeast of South Australia | 15,250 |