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| Lut Desert | |
| The Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e Lut, is a salt desert located in the provinces of Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran. The name is derived from 'Lut' which means bare and empty in Persian and 'dasht' which means plain in Persian. The surface of its sand has been measured at temperatures as high as 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), making it one of the world's driest and hottest places. | |
