Calanshio Sand Sea

The Calanshio Sand Sea is a sand desert region located in the Libyan Desert, of the Kufra District in Cyrenaica, eastern Libya. It has a surface of approximately 62,000 km².[1][2]

This and the Egyptian and Ribiana Sand Seas contains dunes up to 110m in height and cover ~25% of the Libyan Desert. The dunes were created by the wind.

The Calanshio Sand Sea is the site of the missing World War II B-24 Liberator "Lady Be Good".

See also

References

  1. ↑ Desert Geomorphology, p. 403
  2. ↑ BoksburgHistorical.com: African Relics (Calanshio Sand Sea and "Lady Be Good")

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