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Fun fact 1 about Great Victoria Desert

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Ernest Giles became the first European to cross the Great Victoria Desert in 1875.

Great Victoria Desert
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Great Victoria Desert

Australia

Area
647,000 km²
Countries
Australia
7th largest desert in the world

The Great Victoria Desert is a sparsely populated desert ecoregion and interim Australian bioregion in Western Australia and South Australia.

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Photo: Marian Deschain · CC BY-SA 3.0