In 1873, Peter Warburton became the first European to cross this region. The Canning Stock Route runs through the southeast of this region, which is located east of the Pilbara region. It is home to the Telfer gold mine as well as the town of Yulara, which is eighteen kilometers by road from Uluru, or Ayers Rock, which is found in the far southeast of this region, near where it meets the Tanami and Gibson deserts. It coincides roughly with the Canning Basin, and its vegetation consists mainly of spinifex. For 10 points, name this desert in Western Australia, which is the second-largest in Australia, after the Great Vi
In 1873, Peter Warburton became the first European to cross this region. The Canning Stock Route runs through the southeast of this region, which is located east of the Pilbara region. It is home to the Telfer gold mine as well as the town of Yulara, which is eighteen kilometers by road from Uluru, or Ayers Rock, which is found in the far southeast of this region, near where it meets the Tanami and Gibson deserts. It coincides roughly with the Canning Basin, and its vegetation consists mainly of spinifex. For 10 points, name this desert in Western Australia, which is the second-largest in Australia, after the Great Victoria Desert.
In 1873, Peter Warburton became the first European to cross this region.
Great Sandy Desert