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North-eastern part of the Sahara Desert
The Libyan Desert (not to be confused with the Libyan Sahara) is a geographical region filling the northeastern Sahara Desert, from eastern Libya to the
Libyan_Desert
1935 travel book
Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World (first published 1935; reprinted by Eland in 2010) is a travel book by Ralph A. Bagnold, founder of the British Army's
Libyan_Sands
Mythological creature in Phoenician and Greek mythology
horse of Poseidon as emerging from the sea and galloping across the Libyan sands. This compares to the specifically "two (cloven)-hoofed" hippocampi of
Hippocampus_(mythology)
British writer (1916–1995)
Commissioner. Later he wrote several books about Africa, including From Libyan Sands to Chad (an account of crossing the Sahara) and Madagascar. Towards the
Nigel_Heseltine
Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt
Bibcode:1933GeogJ..82..103B. doi:10.2307/1785658. JSTOR 1785658. Bagnold, R.A. 1935. Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World. Travel Book Club, London. 351 p. Bagnold, R
Qattara_Depression
British Army officer (1896–1990)
Palaeolithic period in the valley. Bagnold wrote of his travels in the book Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World (first published 1935; reprinted by Eland in
Ralph_Bagnold
Latin poem by Catullus
Lesbia, would be enough and more for me. As great as the number of Libyan sands That lie at Cyrene producing silphium Between the oracle of sweltering
Catullus_7
British surveyor and soldier
spies across the Libyan desert to Cairo. He was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal in 1941 for his work in the Libyan desert. Pat Clayton
Pat_Clayton
Stratovolcano in Chad
23689/fidgeo-3079. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Heseltine, Nigel (1960). From Libyan sands to Chad. Museum Press. High-resolution NASA photograph
Toussidé
British archaeologist and soldier (1901–1979)
1 July 1952. p. 3590. Long Range Desert Group by Bill Kennedy-Shaw Libyan Sands, Travel in a dead world by Ralph Alger Bagnold The Long Range Desert
Bill_Kennedy_Shaw
Desert depression in Chad
Database 1998. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-8317-0477-7. Heseltine, Nigel (1960). From Libyan sands to Chad. Museum Press. Kelly, Saul (2009). The Lost Oasis: The True Story
Mourdi_Depression
British flying ace, Royal Air Force Group Captain (1890–1943)
449–456_. doi:10.2307/1785494. JSTOR 1785494. Bagnold, Ralph (1935). Libyan Sands. London: Eland Publishing, Ltd. pp. 165–166. ISBN 9781906011338. {{cite
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City in Tripolitania, Libya
romanized: Miṣrāta, Libyan Arabic: Məṣrāta; also spelled Misratah and known by the Italian spelling Misurata, is a city in northwestern Libya located in the
Misrata
southeastern Niger, at the south of the Ténéré Libyan Desert (also called Western Desert) – a desert covering eastern Libya, western Egypt and northwestern Sudan
List_of_deserts
Geographical region in Serbia
Deliblato Sands (Serbian: Делиблатска пешчара / Deliblatska peščara, Hungarian: Delibláti-homokpuszta) is a large sand area covering around 300 km2 (120 sq mi)
Deliblatska_Peščara
Parmacella festae (Gambetta, 1925 - northern Libya), and Parmacella olivieri (Cuvier, 1804 - northern Libya). The Libyan coast is rich in fish production and
Wildlife_of_Libya
Former American petroleum company
Athabasca oil sands for $2.5 billion and acquired assets in the Permian Basin for $1.2 billion. In March 2018, it sold its assets in Libya for $450 million
Marathon_Oil
Killing of Eritrean and Ethiopian Christians
On 19 April 2015, a video was released by the Islamic State's Libyan branch depicting the shooting and beheading of two groups of Christian migrant workers
2015 Islamic State killing of Christian migrants in Libya
2015_Islamic_State_killing_of_Christian_migrants_in_Libya
Circular feature in the Sahara
yellow-green silica glass fragments, known as "Libyan desert glass", that can be found across part of Egypt's Libyan Desert. They neither conducted any fieldwork
Kebira_Crater
1988 U.S. military operation that captured a Hind helicopter
were important to the operation as some Libyan forces remained in the area. It was also feared that the Libyans might bomb their abandoned helicopters
Operation_Mount_Hope_III
Amorphous silica glass formed by lightning strike
impure glassy material, but tektites from the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt, known as Libyan desert glass, are composed of almost pure silica, almost pure
Lechatelierite
Granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles
sulfate, such as gypsum and selenite, as is found in places such as White Sands National Park and Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. Sand
Sand
1963 conflict between Algeria and Morocco
Torres-Garcia, Ana (March 2013). "US diplomacy and the North African 'War of the Sands' (1963)". ResearchGate. Torres-García 2013, p. 329. Division, American University
Sand_War
Region of desert in Oman
Sharqiya Sands The Sharqiya Sands (Arabic: ٱلرِّمَال ٱلشَّرْقِيَّة, romanized: Ar-Rimāl Ash-Sharqiyyah, formerly known as Wahiba Sands (Arabic: رِمَال
Sharqiya_Sands
the mysterious and epic land of Egypt; and it's here, in the sands of the endless Libyan Desert, that the Oracle of Ammon lies. And what the divine Oracle
The_Sands_of_Ammon
Sand dunes in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Oleshky Sands is a semi-desert in Ukraine inland from the Black Sea. It consists of sand dunes, locally called kuchuhury (Ukrainian: кучугури), which
Oleshky_Sands
Libyan state-owned oil company
On 10 March 1982, the U.S. prohibited imports of Libyan crude oil. Exxon and Mobil left their Libyan operations by January 1983. In March 1984, controls
National_Oil_Corporation
2023 "Loved You a Little" The Maine, Taking Back Sunday, and Charlotte Sands 2022 Pop-Rock Single Jan 12, 2023 "No Apologies" Papa Roach 2022 Nu-Metal
List of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series
List_of_downloadable_songs_for_the_Rock_Band_series
Ancient North African population
Survey Finds. Society for Libyan Studies Monograph 7. London: The Society for Libyan Studies and Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahariya Department
Garamantes
included. Different estimates may or may not include oil shale, mined oil sands, or natural gas liquids. Because proven reserves include oil recoverable
List of countries by proven oil reserves
List_of_countries_by_proven_oil_reserves
before Libyan authorities ratified contracts in 2009 and 2010, according to B.G. Pedersen). 1.5 billion Norwegian kroner was its investment in Libya, and
Equinor_operations_by_country
Book by Ezra Levant
Oil Sands is a book written by Canadian talk-show host and political activist Ezra Levant, which makes a case for exploiting the Athabasca oil sands and
Ethical_Oil
Ancient Libyan Tribe
(Ancient Greek: Νασαμῶνες) mentioned by Herodotus (c. 484–425 BCE) were a Libyan tribe inhabiting the coastal region of the Gulf of Sirte and traveling inland
Nasamones
Hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes or the flow of water
only partly anchored by vegetation. They can also originate from beach sands and extend inland into vegetated areas in coastal zones and on shores of
Dune
of Egypt who travelled with his camel caravan 2200 miles deep into the Libyan Desert. His 1923 expedition corrected Rohlfs map and added to scientific
List_of_Saharan_explorers
Egyptian part of the Libyan Desert
Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to the border with Sudan. It
Western_Desert
Oilfield in Libya
ultimate oil recovery from Sarir L is 1.2 Gbbl (190,000,000 m3). In 1957, the Libyan government granted Concession 65 to Bunker Hunt, an independent oil producer
Sarir_field
Desert in the Arabian Peninsula
including the mountains of Oman, as described in his 1959 book Arabian Sands. In June 1950, a US Air Force expedition crossed the Rub' al Khali from
Rub'_al_Khali
Canadian energy company
Calgary, Alberta. It specializes in production of synthetic crude from oil sands. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Suncor Energy was ranked as the 48th-largest
Suncor_Energy
One of the ancient capitals of Cyrenaica
Ptolemais of Libya, whose ruins are located near the Libyan city of Tolmeita, was also the Seat of the ancient Christian bishopric of Libya Pentapolitana
Ptolemais,_Cyrenaica
Genus of mammals (large antelopes)
residents. Between 1969 and 1973, 95 oryx were released onto White Sands Missile Range. White Sands Missile Range, located between the cities of Albuquerque, NM
Oryx
Berber ethnic group of the Sahara desert
whose former meaning was "inhabitant of Targa", the Tuareg name of the Libyan region commonly known as Fezzan. Targa in Berber means "(drainage) channel"
Tuareg_people
California, Mexico Chihuahuan Desert Trans-Pecos Desert, west Texas White Sands, unusual gypsum dune field in New Mexico The separately defined western
List of North American deserts
List_of_North_American_deserts
Geological feature in East Africa
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Danakil_Depression
Desert in northern Saudi Arabia
unknown to the Arabs—it is a vast desert characterized by white or red sands. These sands are driven by the winds, forming towering dunes and undulating chains
Nafud_desert
Desert located in Western Asia
The sands are predominantly silicates, composed of 80 to 90% quartz and the remainder feldspar, whose iron oxide-coated grains color the sands orange
Arabian_Desert
Desert on the African continent
Mountains, the Tibesti Mountains, the Aïr Mountains, the Ténéré desert, and the Libyan Desert. For several hundred thousand years, the Sahara has alternated between
Sahara
Plateau on Pacific coast of South America
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Atacama_Desert
Area of land where little precipitation occurs
Kharga Oasis in Egypt is 150 km (93 mi) long and is the largest oasis in the Libyan Desert. A lake occupied this depression in ancient times and thick deposits
Desert
the Bahamas. In 1958, the National Women's Council was founded by Doris Sands Johnson with Erma Grant Smith as president; the organization was given the
Women's_suffrage_by_country
Fossil water aquifer system in northeastern Africa
million km2, including northwestern Sudan, northeastern Chad, southeastern Libya, and most of Egypt. Containing an estimated 150,000 km3 of groundwater,
Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
Nubian_Sandstone_Aquifer_System
Book by Ralph Alger Bagnold
the formation and movement of sand dunes in the Libyan Desert. During his expeditions into the Libyan Desert, Bagnold had been fascinated by the shapes
The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes
The_Physics_of_Blown_Sand_and_Desert_Dunes
Irish Republican (born 1936/1937)
which more than seventy people were killed. In late 1984 and early 1985 the Libyan Intelligence Service moved to put in place a supply of arms to the IRA in
Ivor_Bell
Broad area of desert covered with wind-swept sand
subsiding structural and topographic basins, such as the Murzuk Sand Sea of Libya, may attain great thicknesses (more than 1000 m) but others, such as the
Erg_(landform)
British multinational oil and gas company
British government to conclude a prisoner-transfer agreement which the Libyan government had wanted to secure the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the
BP
524 BC disappearance of a Persian army in Egypt
unsuccessfully for the Lost Army's remains in what was then known as the Libyan Desert. From September 1983 to February 1984, the American journalist and
Lost_Army_of_Cambyses
Region of California
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Deserts_of_California
Region in the Levant
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Judea
Semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Kalahari_Desert
Republican weapons smuggling into Northern Ireland during The Troubles
Northern Irish politicians travelled to the Libyan capital Tripoli for the first face to face meeting with Libyan government ministers to discuss compensation
Provisional Irish Republican Army arms importation
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_arms_importation
Glassy mineral left in the dirt after the plutonium-based Trinity bomb test
trinitite. Chernobylite Corium Fulgurite Icosahedrite Impactite Lechatelierite Libyan desert glass Tektite Uranium glass Fordite Giaimo, Cara (June 30, 2017)
Trinitite
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
Prince was partially based upon a crash he and his navigator survived in the Libyan desert. They were stranded and dehydrated for four days, nearing death when
Antoine_de_Saint-Exupéry
List of episodes of the TV show Blindspot
notify her immediately once she finds out. She also forces Weitz to hire Ivy Sands and other members of the terrorist group Dabbur Zhan to help search for
List_of_Blindspot_episodes
Desert in the southern Levant
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Judaean_Desert
Largest desert in North America
Petroglyph National Monument, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, and White Sands National Park in New Mexico; and Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch
Chihuahuan_Desert
Afzelius 1798-04-19 1751–1837 Cassem Algiada Aga 1729-12-05 fl 1728–1738 Libyan diplomat George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover 1816-11-07 15
List of fellows of the Royal Society A, B, C
List_of_fellows_of_the_Royal_Society_A,_B,_C
Nomadic Arab tribes
Wahiba, a large tribe in Oman residing in the Sharqiya Sands, also known as the Wahiba Sands Al Rashaida is originally a tribe from the Hejaz, but large
Bedouin
Continental union of African states
supported the Libyan regime or the rebels. This occurred as several human right violations were perpetrated against members of the Libyan regime. It was
African_Union
Region of Earth
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Polar_desert
Pharaoh of Egypt from 1279 to 1213 BC
assisted the Libyan King Meryre in his attack upon Merneptah. Some scholars believed that Meryre's auxiliaries were merely his neighbors on the Libyan coast
Ramesses_II
Landscape in Washington state, US
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Channeled_Scablands
Lake in North Africa
from Colchis, the Argonauts found themselves in "an area surrounded by sands". They portaged their ship twelve days to Lake Tritonis, but the lake water
Lake_Tritonis
Hungarian aristocrat and adventurer (1893–1951)
cartographer of the Libyan Desert in a formal capacity. However, as at the time Patrick Clayton was still the "official" Libyan Desert desert surveyor
László_Almásy
Semi-desert in Spain
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Monegros_Desert
Land combat force of the Royal Moroccan Military
and areas affected by natural disasters, the latest contributions were at Libyan Civil War, the Syrian civil war. and in the Gaza strip after Operation Pillar
Royal_Moroccan_Army
Badlands in southeast Navarre, Spain
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Bardenas_Reales
Family of unmanned aerial vehicles
in Bosnia, the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the Iraq War, Yemen, the 2011 Libyan civil war, the 2014 intervention in Syria, and Somalia. The USAF describes
General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator
Mountain range in the Sahara
arrested by the Libyan authorities, which spurred his troops to attack Libyan positions in the Tibesti, forcing the Libyans to withdraw. Libya sought to retake
Tibesti_Mountains
2016 memoir by Hisham Matar
New York Times. Flood, Alison; Cain, Sian (November 15, 2016). "Philippe Sands wins the 2016 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction". The Guardian. Cain
The_Return_(memoir)
Class of Soviet anti-submarine frigates
ships, depth charge and naval mine racks were fitted at the stern. The Libyan vessels had a redesigned layout with the P-15M missiles forward of the bridge
Koni-class_frigate
Desert in Central Asia
remote community of Western Uzbekistan and north-east Turkmenistan). The sands of the Aral Karakum are made of finely-dispersed evaporites and remnants
Karakum_Desert
Desert in Southern Africa
ISBN 978-0-8108-7990-4. Hamilton III, William J. (September 1983). "The Living Sands of the Namib". National Geographic. Vol. 164, no. 3. pp. 364–376. ISSN 0027-9358
Namib
Desert in Iran, UNESCO Site
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Lut_Desert
Extinct genus of primitive elephantid
Formation", in Bibi, Faysal; Kraatz, Brian; Beech, Mark J.; Hill, Andrew (eds.), Sands of Time, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, Cham: Springer International
Stegotetrabelodon
Japanese hydrocarbon and oil company
international and offshore exploration and production. In 1978, Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited (JACOS) was established. From 1980 to 2006, JAPEX would establish
JAPEX
UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt
greatly to be regretted, that they are now almost entirely buried beneath the sands, which are blown down here in torrents. The entire head, and part of the
Abu_Simbel
(1952–2022) and Queen of the Bahamas (1973–2022) B$10 1984 Stafford Lofthouse Sands 1913–1972 Minister of Finance of the Bahamas; "Father of Tourism" of the
List_of_people_on_banknotes
Sand dune field in Yukon Territory, Canada
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Carcross_Desert
Subdivision of the Sonoran Desert, California
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Colorado_Desert
Ancient city in present-day Centreville à le Souq Yafran, in Tripoli, Libya
inhabitants continued to use the Phoenician language (mixed with autochthonous Libyan-Berber words) until the end of the 3rd century, even if Latin was the official
Oea
Desert in Spain
Desert Blue Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferlo Farafra (White) Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Plaine des Sables Richtersveld Sahara Tanezrouft
Tabernas_Desert
Computer worm first discovered in 2010
"Las Vegas Sands' network hit by destructive malware in Feb: Bloomberg". Reuters. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2025. "Las Vegas Sands' Casino
Stuxnet
Ecoregion in central Australia
stony desert ecoregion contains the gibber plains (desert pavement) and red sands of the large Sturt Stony Desert, the Tirari Desert to its southwest and
Tirari–Sturt_stony_desert
(1862–1914), British officer, military writer; Hints for a Bush Campaign (Sands Publishers, London 1901), German translation: Winke für Expeditionen im
List of military theorists and writers
List_of_military_theorists_and_writers
Desert in central Australia
kilometres (480 sq mi). Pedirka Desert belongs to the Finke bioregion. The sands are deep-red and it is vegetated by dense mulga woodlands. Dunes in the
Pedirka_Desert
Desert in Xinjiang, China
1911, pp. 365–366. Cui, Jia; Mao, Weihua (May 27, 2013). "Holding back the sands of time". China Daily. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024.
Taklamakan_Desert
Species of sedge
by Domenico Vandelli in 1771. An unmistakable Cyperus growing in coastal sands, spreading by scaly undersand roots, with leaves mostly at the stem base
Cyperus_capitatus
American oil company
ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips related to the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), an investment firm controlled by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, to determine if
Occidental_Petroleum
Desert in Punjab, Pakistan
the Thal Desert. The name is derived from the Turkic word chol, meaning "sands," and istan, a Persian suffix meaning "land of." Cholistan was a center
Cholistan_Desert
Military and political organisation in Western Sahara
(11 February 1999). "The Polisario's Marxist past sinks into the desert sands". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 11
Polisario_Front
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