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