Tanami East is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 510 kilometres (320 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.

[1][3] The locality consists of the following land in the north eastern portion of the Tanami Desert - the Karlantijpa North Aboriginal Land Trust, the Murranji Aboriginal Land Trust and the Murranji pastoral lease.

[8][1] The Adelaide-Darwin Railway passes from south to north through parts of the eastern side of the locality.

[12][13][14] The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Tanami East had 33 people living within its boundaries.

[2] Tanami East is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.