Simpson Desert
176,500 square kilometers of parallel-dune landscape across South Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory — the world's longest parallel sand dunes, with individual ridges extending more than 150 kilometers, some reaching 200.
Munga-Thirri means Big Sandhill Country. The desert is the traditional Country of the Wangkangurru Yarluyandi people, whose songlines and navigation systems are inseparable from the landforms themselves.
176,500 square kilometers of parallel-dune landscape across South Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory — the world's longest parallel sand dunes, with individual ridges extending more than 150 kilometers, some reaching 200. Munga-Thirri means Big Sandhill Country. The desert is the traditional Country of the Wangkangurru Yarluyandi people, whose songlines and navigation systems are inseparable from the landforms themselves. Latitude 25°S Status Protected within the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert protected areas Project Distinction First known photographic aerial survey of the Simpson Deserts parallel dune field (2019).
Simpson Desert
