Idehan Ubari
أدهان أوباري | |
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Coordinates: 27°30′N 11°30′E / 27.500°N 11.500°E | |
Country | Libya |
Area | |
• Total | 62,000 km2 (24,000 sq mi) |
Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
The Ubari Desert, Idehan Ubari, Idehan Awbari (Idehan means fine sand in Tamasheq[1]) or Ubari Erg is an erg in the hyper-arid Fezzan region of southwestern Libya with a surface of approximately 58,000 km2.[2] The area of the Ubari desert has been traditionally inhabited by Tuareg people, a Berber ethnic and traditionally nomadic pastoralist group.