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Strzelecki Desert

The 30th largest desert in the world

80,250km²

The Strzelecki Desert ( strə-ZEL-ih-kee; Polish: [stʂɛˈlɛt͡skʲi]) is located in the Far North Region of South Australia, South West Queensland and western New South Wales. It is positioned in the northeast of the Lake Eyre Basin, and north of the Flinders Ranges. Two other deserts occupy other parts of the Lake Eyre Basin: the Tirari Desert and the Simpson Desert.

Location: Australia.

Desert data from Wikidata (CC0).

Other major deserts

  1. Sahara9,200,000 km²
  2. Gobi Desert2,354,460 km²
  3. Arabian Desert2,330,000 km²
  4. Libyan Desert1,100,000 km²
  5. Kalahari Desert930,000 km²
  6. Rub' al Khali680,000 km²
  7. Kazakh semi-desert678,871 km²
  8. Central Asian northern desert663,900 km²