🏜️ Danakil Desert

Ethiopia · Africa · 14.24°N, 40.30°E

Quick facts

Country	Ethiopia
Continent / region	Africa
Coordinates (approx.)	14.24°N, 40.30°E · view on map
Distance to the equator	1,585 km north of it
Solar time	UTC+2:45 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 03:16, sets 14:49 — 11 h 33 min of daylight

Danakil Desert is located in Ethiopia, in Africa.

Closest deserts

Arabian Desert — 499 km away, in Iraq
Sayhad — 666 km away, in Yemen
Ramlat al-Sab'atayn — 668 km away, in Yemen
Nubian Desert — 1,041 km away, in Sudan
Rub' al Khali — 1,213 km away, in Yemen

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

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