ZIN DESERT

The 'Wilderness of Zin'/'Desert of Zin' (Hebrew: מדבר צן, ''Midbar Tzin'') is a geographic area mentioned by the Torah as containing Kadesh-Barnea within it^[1]; most scholars, as well as traditional sources, consequently identify this wilderness as being part of the Arabah^[2].
The similarly named ''wilderness of Sin'' is mentioned by the bible as being adjacent to Mount Sinai; many modern scholars consider Sinai to refer to al-Madhbah at Petra, adjacent to the central Arabah, and it is thus eminently possible that the ''wilderness of Sin'' and the ''wilderness of Zin'' are actually the same place.