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THE SAHARA ADVENTURE COMPANY
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Maps & Satellite Images: Most maps & Sat images are aligned north. Right click and save the maps or sat images to be able to zoom in on them. There are so many maps and images on this page you may need to refresh it several times before you can view all its' contents. It is worth it!! Alex & West Touristic Map:
Adham Compound Hotel:
Regular Egypt Map:
North Coast Surf Spots:
Alexandria Dive Map:
Alamain World War 2 Battle Map:
The Holy Family in Egypt:
National Geographic Map of Western Desert:
Sinai Road Map:
Map of Ancient Egypt:
Some Antique maps:
Arial photos of the North Coast: Mersa Matroh:
El Alamain:
Ras El Hekma:
Sidi Musa to Fuka:
Salum And beyond to Libya:
Satellite Photos of the most radical Dunes in Siwa: Client's dune southwest of Bir Wahed:
Soliman's Dune just south east of Bir Wahed:
Shiatta Dune Just South of Lake Shiatta:
Dunes South of Lake Shiatta & Baha El-Din:
Image of Bir Wahed in north west with dunes to the south and south west:
Lake Siwa with all the dunes and Bir Wahed, The cold lake to the south:
Siwa Depression with hundreds of kilometers of dunes to the south:
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The central Libyan Desert
Resolution: 800 meters
Image centered a little to the South-east of the Gilf Kebir. The two large dark masses in the upper left quadrant are the two halves of the Gilf Kebir plateau. In the lower left quadrant the in-line three mountains are Arkenu, Uwainat and Kissu. The lower right quadrant shows a series of scarps, while the lower right is occupied by the perfectly flat Selima Sand Sheet, the only visible features being light colored dune fields.
The South-eastern Gilf Kebir
Resolution: 200 meters
A closer view of the South-east half of the Gilf Kebir, with the adjacent scarps running to the east. The large wadis along the eastern side are clearly visible.
The Southern Gilf Kebir
Resolution: 100 meters
The broad wadi at the upper centre of the image, fully crossing the Gilf from east to west is Wadi Wassa. Wadi Firaq is the much shorter and narrower parallel wadi. The prominent group of in-line hills at bottom right are "Eight Bells".
Wadi Bakht
Resolution: 25 meters
A maximum resolution image of the head of Wadi Bakht. The blocking dune is clearly visible at the centerline of the image.
Wadi Ard al Akhdar
Resolution: 25 meters
A maximum resolution image of the head of Ard al Akhdar. The playa once containing the prehistoric lake is the large basin near bottom center. The dark circular patches are basalt hills.
Jebel Uweinat
Resolution: 100 meters
The image is centered on the peak, at 1934 metres. The circular western part, lying in Libya, is composed of granites, while the east is made of sandstones resting on an archaic basement.
Karkur Talh
Resolution: 25 meters
Maximum resolution image of Karkur Talh, the main valley system draining the sandstone part of Jebel Uweinat. At this resolution it is possible to vaguely make out vegetation in the central parts of the main valley. Many of the lesser side wadis remain unexplored.
Jebel Babein and Unnamed Plateau
Resolution: 100 meters
To the left, Jebel Babein, a much eroded granite complex straddling the Egypt-Libya border. To the right, a large low unnamed plateau, composed of basement rocks. Jebels Peter & Paul are just visible at the bottom right of the image. The bright band between them is the dune belt that also separates Arkenu and Uweinat.
Clayton's Craters
Resolution: 25 meters
The circular crater like features are clearly visible at the right of the image. At bottom left, another large circular feature, unrecognizable on the ground, can be seen amongst dark lines that are dikes and ridges criss-crossing the whole area.
The 'Aqaba pass
Resolution: 25 meters
The pass is the straight wadi slightly to the upper left of the centre of the image. The other wadi to the lower right is probably the one Almásy refers to as the "Penderel wadi".
The Wadi Sora promontory
Resolution: 12.5 meters
This image is enhanced to twice original resolution by the MrSid software. While new information is not added, the enhancement makes smaller features better visible. Enhancement is practical up to 3x original resolution, resulting in usable images with 3 meter/pixel resolution. In this image all the small side wadis are clearly and distinctly visible.
The Northern Gilf Wadis
Resolution: 100 meters
The image shows the two main branches of Wadi Abd el Melik, and the broader Wadi Hamra to the East. The bright area at the right of the image are the dunes blocking the middle of the "Gap"
Wadi Abd el Melik
Resolution: 25 meters
A maximum resolution detail of the previous image, showing the confluence of the two branches of Wadi Abd el Melik.
The "Gap" dunes and Jebel Almásy
Resolution: 100 meters
To the left the dune range blocking the "Gap". At this resolution it is possible to make out the individual dunes, allowing a plotting of possible navigable routes through them. Jebel Almásy is the isolated round darker patch to the north of the larger plateau in the left center of the image. To the right, the longitudinal dunes of the Great Sand Sea.
Silica Glass Area
Resolution: 100 meters
The dunes of the Great Sand Sea terminate abruptly at the foot of the low plateau of the Northern Gilf. Libyan Desert Glass can be found in an oval area approximately in the center of the image, in the large interdune corridors.
The Great Sand Sea
Resolution: 200 meters
This image is taken to the west of Bir Abu Mungar. To the right, the firm ground still appears between the dune ranges. Rohlf's "Ammonite Scarp" is visible near the bottom. To the left, sand fills the inter dune corridors.
Hill With Stone Circles on Top
Resolution: 12.5 meters
An enhanced resolution image of the "Hill With Stone Circles" area, showing the long trailing dunes behind each hill, and the distinct dark patch that was the prehistoric lake bottom. The pink yardangs are in the darkest area, right of the dune in the center.
Abu Hussein Dunes
Resolution: 25 meters
The Abu Hussein dune field on the Selima Sand Sheet. Individual barchans clearly stand out.
East Uwainat irrigation project
Resolution: 300 meters
This is image is not from the NASA website, but from a current Landsat preview image. On the old photo from the NASA site there is nothing in this area, about 50 kilometers to the south of Bir Terfawi, but sand. Now, the large circular irrigation fields and access roadways are clearly visible even in the low resolution of the preview image
Dakhla Oasis
Resolution: 100 meters
Dakhla oasis, as it appeared a decade ago. The road leading south can be made out, as well as the green areas. The only feature notably missing is the large reservoir that was built near Mut some years ago.
Navigation Star Map:
All info, photos & maps courtesy of:
Sahara Adventure Company, YEP Expeditions, The Zarzora Expedition (Colonel A. Mistikawy a.k.a. The Desert Fox)&(Wael Abed, The Other Egypt "Travels In No Man's Land"), Anthony Colas, C. Vivian, Frans Lemmens Photography, K Mohsen Photography, Advance Para gliders & Kites, Adham Compound Hotel, Siwa Shali Resort, The Greco Report, The Frank Goddio Society, Fliegel Jezerniczky Expeditions, Venomous Sand Boards, The Storm Rider Guide, The National Geographic society, The Mediterranean Data Base, NASA Applied Siences Directorate, Impossible Pictures, Mazag Productions, The W.W.W. & Local Bedouin Knowledge.