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Yes, Antarctica is the largest desert in the world and considerably larger than the Sahara.

ANS 2 Antarctica is usually measured at 14,000,000 km2 - Sahara at last measurement was 9,400,000 km2

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No, the Sahara is not larger than the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Sahara is 3.3 million square miles, the Arctic is 14,056,000 square miles twice the size of Australia. obviously Arctic wins.

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