Great Sandy Desert
Americannoun
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a desert in northwestern Australia. About 300 miles (485 km) long; 500 miles (800 km) wide; about 160,000 sq. mi. (414,400 sq. km).
noun
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a desert in NW Australia. Area: about 415 000 sq km (160 000 sq miles)
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an English name for the Rub` al Khali
Example Sentences
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Earlier this month, Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa Martu rangers found a kakarratul in the Great Sandy Desert, nearly 1,000 miles northeast of Perth.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
Clifford Sunfly is a 27-year-old ranger from Ngururrpa, an 11,500-square-mile area of protected Indigenous land in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
Western Australian ranger groups invited Mr. Leseberg and Dr. Murphy to a gathering in Balgo, a community on the northern edge of the Great Sandy Desert, to help the rangers’ expeditions.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
Canada's Cameco, the world's third-largest uranium miner, has said it is only worth pressing ahead with its Kintyre uranium project in Australia's Great Sandy Desert if the uranium price climbs back above $67 a pound.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2012
He wrote a book, Spinifex and Sand, which contains a most interesting account of this journey, as well as a graphic and picturesque description of the physical features of the Great Sandy Desert.
From The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Favenc, Ernest
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