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# Lut Desert
Lut Desert · Iran

UNESCO natural World Heritage, inscribed in 2016.

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Area / regionLut Desert

Country / geographic scopeIran

Place typeNature

Point coordinates30.21611, 58.83889

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## UNESCO World Heritage
Lut Desert

Natural · Inscription: 2016

[Read the UNESCO entry ↗](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1505/)

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