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Libyan Desert, northeast part of the Sahara Desert, NE Africa, in SW Egypt, E Libya, and NW Sudan; called the Western Desert in Egypt. It is a region of sand dunes, stony plains, and rocky plateaus. There are few inhabitants and little traffic across it; Al Kufrah, Libya, is the chief oasis. Libyan DesertNortheastern portion of the Sahara, extending from eastern Libya through southwestern Egypt into northwestern Sudan. The highest point is Mount 'Uwaynat (6,345 ft [1,934 m]), located where the three countries meet. Harsh and arid, it is characterized by bare rocky plateaus and sandy plains. |
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The ancient impact, probably caused by an asteroid about I km across, might be responsible for the formation of libyan desert glass, Those mysterious chunks of fused silica, first noted by explorers in the 1930s, are found scattered across a 50-by-130-km region near the crater. The phones provided latitude and longitude coordinates needed for navigating in the southern Libyan Desert. The Syrian director coordinated a crew of hundreds and a cast of thousands for three months in the Libyan desert in 1980. |
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