page_title: Kumtag Desert
section_title: Narrow
hierarchical_section_title: Kumtag Desert / Definitions / Narrow
caption_attribution_description: English: Satellite Image of the "Big Ear" in Lop Nur (left) and of the Kumtag Desert (middle) and Astintag (right) in Xinjiang, China. Deutsch: Satellitenbild von dem "Großen Ohr" in Lop Nor (links) und von der Kumtag Wüste (Mitte) und der Hochebene des Astintag (rechts) in Xinjiang, China. 中文: 库姆塔格沙漠卫星影像，上北下南 最左侧的大耳朵为罗布泊，最右侧的小块沙漠为敦煌鸣沙山
context_page_description: The Kumtag Desert, is an arid landform in Northwestern China, which was proclaimed as a national park in the year 2002.
context_section_description: A map published by the National Geographic Society shows a much smaller Kumtag. This is a rectangle with a northwest corner south of Lop Nor, a southern edge along the Altyn-Tagh and an eastern edge just beyond the Gansu border. Near the northeast corner is the Jade Gate which is often taken as the western end of the Great Wall. From space it appears as a belt of orange sand dunes. This is probably the 2500 square kilometer area mentioned below.
caption: A satellite image of the Kumtag. The ear-shaped formation on the left is the Lop Nor; the mountain range along the bottom edge of the photo is the Altyn Tagh
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