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Ustyurt Turkmen: Üstyurt Kazakh: Үстірт Uzbek: Ustyurt Karakalpak: Ústirt
Desert
Ustyurt desert road
Map of the Ustyurt Plateau
Coordinates: 43°17′N 55°33′E / 43.283°N 55.550°E / 43.283; 55.550
Location	Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Area
• Total	200,000 km² (77,000 sq mi)
Elevation	160 meters (520 ft) to 200 meters (660 ft)

The Ustyurt or Ust-Yurt (from Kazakh: Үстірт; Uzbek: Ustyurt; Turkmen: Üstyurt; Karakalpak: Ústirt — flat hill, plateau) is a transboundary clay desert shared by Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.^[1]

The plateau's semi-nomadic population raises camels, goats, and sheep.

^ Gritsina, M. (2019). "The Caracal Caracal caracal Schreber, 1776 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Uzbekistan". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 11 (4): 13470–13477. doi:10.11609/jott.4375.11.4.13470-13477.