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The Great Sandy Desert is the second-largest desert in Australia
The map below allows you to see just how vast this desert really is. It borders some beach towns in Western Australia and extends right into the Northern Territory, hundreds of kilometers to the east. The Great Sandy Desert covers an area of 284,993 square kilometers (110,036 square miles), making it the second-largest desert in Australia. Only the Great Victoria Desert, one of the largest deserts in the world, is significantly larger as it covers an area of 422,466 square kilometers (163,115 square miles).
