Issaouane Erg Issaouane Erg The Issaouane Erg (also called Issaouane-N-Irrararene) is an approximately 38,000 km erg (sand sea) in Algeria's portion of the Sahara desert, located at . The Issaouane Erg is located near the Ahaggar Mountains. It is part of a major dune field that extends from Issaouane Erg in the north to the Sudanese Erg in the south, flanked by the Libyan erg of Murzuq. In the north, the Issaouane Erg ends at the Tinrhert Plateau and in the south at the Fadnoun Plateau. To a large extent it follows the 500-m contour of the surrounding landscape, ergs mostly being
Erg (tug) of Canada, which kept records of the activity in the harbour, advised that from 1940 to 1943, there were at least 12 vessels involved in accidents within Halifax Harbour. Vessels such as "Camperdown", "Claire Lilley" and "Nueva Indalucia" ran aground, whereas others such as "Otter", and "Trongate" caught fire and sank (or, in the case of "Trongate", was made to sink as the flames were completely out of control). In 1940, "Herbidean" was sunk by the British ship "Esmond"; a forerunner to the fate of "Erg". On June 6, 1943, "Erg" was carrying workers and equipment (air compressors and electric