Black Canyon
The Black Canyon of the Colorado is the canyon on the Colorado River where Hoover Dam was built. The canyon is located on the Colorado River at the state line between Nevada and Arizona.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Valley with an elevation of 646 feet (197 metres)
- Description: canyon on the Colorado River where Hoover Dam was built
- Also known as“Black Canon”“Black Canyon of the Colorado”“Lower Black Canyon”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Willow Beach.
Willow Beach
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Willow Beach is located on the Arizona side of the Colorado River between Lake Mead and Lake Mohave. Willow Beach is situated 5 miles northeast of Black Canyon.
Black Canyon
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Latitude
35.80554° or 35° 48′ 20″ north
Longitude
-114.71164° or 114° 42′ 42″ west
Open location code
8577R74Q+68
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Frisian—“Black Canyon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, Arizona, Mohave County, lat 35,81, long -114,71)”
- Cebuano: “Black Canyon”
- Chinese: “布萊克峽谷”
- Chinese: “黑峽谷”
- Dutch: “Black Canyon of the Colorado”
- Esperanto: “Nigra Kanjono de Kolorado”
- Estonian: “Black Canyon”
- French: “Black Canyon du Colorado”
- French: “Black Canyon of the Colorado”
- Hebrew: “הקניון השחור של הקולורדו”
- Italian: “Black Canyon”
- Spanish: “Cañón Negro del Colorado”
- Western Frisian: “Swarte Kleau”
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