| Continent |
Desert Name |
Type of Desert |
Position |
Surface Area |
Remarks |
| Antarctica |
Antarctic |
Polar |
South Pole |
1,38,29,430 square km |
Largest Desert and Cold Desert in the World
|
| Asia, Europe & North America |
Arctic |
Polar |
North Pole |
1,37,26,937 square km |
Second Largest Desert on the World |
| Asia |
Kara Kum |
Cold Winter |
Central Asia |
3,50,000 square km |
|
| Kyzyl Kum |
Cold Winter |
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan |
3,00,000 square km |
|
| Gobi |
Cold Winter |
Mongolia |
1,300,000 square km |
|
| Taklamakan |
Cold Winter |
China |
2,70,000 square km |
|
| Thar-Cholistan |
Subtropical |
India and Pakistan |
2,00,000 square km |
|
| Africa |
Kalahari |
Subtropical |
Southern Africa |
9,00,000 square km |
|
| Namib |
Cool Coastal |
Southern Africa |
81,000 square km |
|
| Sahara |
Subtropical |
Northern Africa |
94,00,000 square km |
Largest Hot Desert in the World |
| Australia |
Gibson |
Subtropical |
Central Australia |
1,56,000 square km |
|
| Great Sandy |
Subtropical |
North-Western Australia |
4,00,000 square km |
|
| Great Victoria |
Subtropical |
Central Australia |
6,47,000 square km |
|
| Simpson |
Subtropical |
Central Australia |
1,45,000 square km |
|
| Tanami |
Subtropical |
Northern Australia |
184,500 square km |
|
| Europe |
Arabian |
Subtropical |
Arabian Peninsula |
23,30,000 square km |
|
| Dasht-e Kavir |
Subtropical |
Central Iran |
77,000 square km |
|
| Dasht-e Lut |
Subtropical |
Southeastern Iran |
52,000 square km |
|
| North America |
Chihuahuan |
Subtropical |
North America |
4,50,000 square km |
|
| Great Basin |
Cold Winter |
US |
4,92,000 square km |
|
| Mojave |
Subtropical |
US |
1,24,000 square km |
|
| Sonoran |
Subtropical |
North America |
3,10,000 square km |
|
| South America |
Atacama |
Cool Coastal |
Chile |
1,40,000 square km |
The Driest Desert on the Earth |
| Patagonian |
Cold Winter |
Southern Part of South America |
6,73,000 square km |
|
