Tanami Desert
The Tanami Desert is a desert in northern Australia, situated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
| Tanami Desert | |
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Tanami Desert, 2014 | |
The IBRA regions, with Tanami highlighted in red | |
| Area | 259,972.77 km2 (100,376.05 sq mi) |
| Geography | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia, Northern Territory |
| Coordinates | 20°S 130°E |
It has a rocky terrain with small hills, and cacti. The Tanami was the Northern Territory's final frontier and was not fully explored by Australians of European descent until well into the twentieth century. It is traversed by the Tanami Track.
The name Tanami is thought to be an anglicisation of the Warlpiri name for the area, "Chanamee", meaning "never die". This referred to certain rock holes in the desert which were said never to run dry.
Under the name Tanami, the desert is classified as an interim Australian bioregion, comprising 25,997,277 hectares (64,240,670 acres).
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