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Blue Desert
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This article is about the desert in Sinai. For the Bradley Battersby film, see Blue Desert (film).
The Blue Desert (also known as the Sinai Peace Junction) is an area of the Sinai Desert near Saint Catherine, where a number of rocks are painted blue.[1][2]
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Blue Desert | |
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![]() The Blue Desert in 2016, somewhat faded | |
Coordinates: 28.639722°N 34.560833°E / 28.639722; 34.560833 | |
Location | South Sinai, ![]() |
Area | |
• Total | 14 kilometres (8.7 mi)2 |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) |
Creator | Jean Verame |
created in | 1980 |
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This piece of art was created in 1980 when, following the signing of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Belgian artist Jean Verame visited Sinai to paint a line of peace. Verame gained the permission of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and received a grant of ten tons of paint from the United Nations.[3][4]