The Taklamakan Desert is in western China.
The Sechura Desert of Peru is the western-most desert of South America.
The Sahara Desert
Deserts of the Western HemisphereNorth American Deserts:Mojave Desert (includes Death Valley)Sonoran Desert (includes Colorado Desert)Chihuahuan DesertGreat Basin DesertColorado Plateau Desert (includes the Painted Desert)South American Deserts;Patagonian DesertAtacama DesertMonte DesertSechura DesertGuajira DesertIn addition, the far western Sahara Desert is in the Western Hemisphere. And, of course, about half of the Antarctic Desert is in the Western Hemisphere.
Western Desert Campaign happened on 1940-06-11.
The Libyan Desert, a subdivision of the Sahara, is located in western Egypt.
The Thar Desert
Thar Desert
The Sahara Desert
If we do not count the Antarctic Desert, the largest desert in the eastern hemisphere is the Sahara and in the western the Patagonian Desert. A small part of the Sahara does enter the western hemisphere.
The state if Western Australia contains the greatest desert area in Australia. The three largest deserts in Australia are:Great Victoria Desert (Western Australia): 424,400 km2 (163,900 square miles)Great Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 284,993 km2 (110,036 square miles)Tanami Desert (Western Australia and Northern Territory): 184,500 km2 (71,235 square miles)Each of these deserts is either in or primarily in Western Australia, in the western third of the continent.Other deserts in Western Australia include the Gibson Desert: 156,000 km2 (60,230 square miles) andLittle Sandy Desert: 111,500 km2 (43,050 square miles).
The Namib Desert is in southwestern Africa.