Great Sand Sea

Great Sand Sea بحر الرمال العظيم
Desert
The dunes of the Great Sand Sea near Siwa, Egypt
Map of the topographic features of the Sahara
Country	Egypt and Libya
Area
• Total	72,000 km2 (28,000 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)

The Great Sand Sea is an approximately 72,000 km² (28,000 sq mi) sand desert (erg) in the Sahara between western Egypt and eastern Libya in North Africa. Most of the area is covered by sand dunes.^[1]