🏞 Landscapes & nature

Karakum Desert

desert in Turkmenistan

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · 39.0000, 60.0000

Karakum Desert is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“The sand dune scenes were shot in the Karakum Desert near Mary, Turkmenistan, with the museum scenes filmed in the nearby ancient city of Merv.”
White Sun of the Desert (1969) · Wikipedia

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Karakum Desert
Photo: Ziegler175 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Karakum Desert as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Other filming locations in Turkmenistan

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Karakum Desert?

1 production is recorded as filmed at Karakum Desert, including White Sun of the Desert (1969). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Where is Karakum Desert?

Karakum Desert is in Turkmenistan, at 39.0000, 60.0000.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 4.0.