Libyan Desert

The Libyan Desert forms the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert. It describes that part of the Sahara that lies within the present-day state of Libya; it also historically describes the desert to the south of Ancient Libya, a territory which lay to the east of the present-day state. The Libyan Desert is one of the driest, harshest and most remote parts of the Sahara, the world's largest hot desert. This extended desert country is barren, dry and rainless.

The Libyan Desert landscape, in southern Libya

Map of Sahara, showing features in Libya.

Other websites

• The Libyan Desert at fjexpeditions.com
• Libyan Desert at African volunteer.net; retrieved 6 November 2016
• Tea in the Sahara: a road trip though the Libyan desert Sara Wheeler, The Guardian, 4 September 2013; retrieved 6 November 2016
• The complete text and photos of the discoveries of Ahmed Pasha Hassanein in the Libyan Desert Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, National Geographic Magazine, September 1924