Death Valley

Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, United States, in the northern , bordering the Great Basin Desert. The World Meteorological Organization lists Death Valley as the site of the hottest surface temperature recorded on Earth.
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  • Type: Valley with an elevation of -269 feet
  • Description: desert basin in Inyo and San Bernadino counties in California, United States
  • Also known as: “Amargosa Desert”, “Armuyosa Desert”, “Death valley”, “Death Valley National Park”, “Death-Valley”, “Doodsvallei”, “Kunayiwaavi”, “LaVallee De Mort”, “Lembah Maut”, “Lost Valley”, “Mesquite Valley”, “Morta valo”, “Mound Spring Valley”, “Ndagwurugwu”, “Newala mirinê”, “North Arm”, “Northwestern Arm”, “Todestal”, “Tonesha”, “Tumpisa”, “Údolie smrti”, “Valea morţii”, “Долина Смрти”, “درهٔ مرگ”, “ديث فالي”, “ڈیتھ ویلی”, “ഡെത്ത് വാലി”, “데스밸리”, “죽음의 계곡”, “죽음의계곡”, and “死の谷”
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Photo: Marc Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Borax Museum and Death Valley National Park Visitor Center.

Museum
Photo: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, Public domain.

Tourism office
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is a tourism office.

Aerodrome
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is a public located 0.75…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Furnace Creek and Park Village.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in , United States.

Hamlet
Furnace Creek is a census-designated place in , United States. is situated 4½ miles north of Death Valley.

Death Valley

Latitude
36.44802° or 36° 26′ 53″ north
Longitude
-116.86579° or 116° 51′ 57″ west
Elevation
-269 feet (-82 metres)
Open location code
8585C4XM+6M
Geo­Names ID
5342045
Wiki­data ID
Q118388
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Death Valley” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Death Valley”
  • Albanian: “Lugina e Vdekjes”
  • Arabic: “وادي الموت”
  • Armenian: “Մահվան հովիտ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ölüm dərəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ölüm vadisi”
  • Basque: “Heriotzaren harana”
  • Belarusian: “Даліна Смерці”
  • Bengali: “ডেথ ভ্যালি”
  • Bengali: “মৃত্যু উপত্যকা”
  • Bosnian: “Dolina smrti”
  • Breton: “Traoñienn ar Marv”
  • Bulgarian: “Долина на смъртта”
  • Catalan: “Death Valley”
  • Catalan: “Vall de la Mort”
  • Cebuano: “Death Valley”
  • Chinese: “死亡谷”
  • Corsican: “Valle di a Morte”
  • Czech: “údolí Smrti”
  • Czech: “Údolí smrti”
  • Danish: “Death Valley”
  • Dutch: “Death Valley”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وادى الموت”
  • Esperanto: “Valo de Morto”
  • Estonian: “Surmaorg”
  • Faroese: “Death Valley”
  • Finnish: “Kuolemanlaakso”
  • French: “vallée de la Mort”
  • French: “Vallée de la mort”
  • French: “Vallée de la Mort”
  • Galician: “Death Valley”
  • Georgian: “სიკვდილის ველი”
  • German: “Death Valley”
  • German: “Tal des Todes”
  • Greek: “Κοιλάδα του Θανάτου”
  • Hebrew: “עמק המוות”
  • Hindi: “डेथ वैली”
  • Hindi: “मौत की घाटी”
  • Hungarian: “Death Valley”
  • Icelandic: “Dauðadalur”
  • Igbo: “Ndagwurugwu ọnwụ”
  • Inari Sami: “Jäämmimleehi”
  • Indonesian: “Death Valley”
  • Indonesian: “Gurun Death Valley”
  • Indonesian: “Lembah Kematian”
  • Italian: “Valle della Morte”
  • Japanese: “デスヴァレー”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾವಿನ ಕಣಿವೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Ажал аңғары”
  • Kirghiz: “Ажал өрөөнү”
  • Korean: “데스 밸리”
  • Kurdish: “Death Valley”
  • Kurdish: “دەاته ڤاللەی”
  • Latvian: “Nāves ieleja”
  • Lithuanian: “Mirties slėnis”
  • Macedonian: “Долина на смртта”
  • Macedonian: “Долина на Смртта”
  • Maithili: “मृत उपत्यका”
  • Malay: “Lembah Kematian”
  • Malayalam: “ഡെത് വാലി”
  • Nepali: “मृत उपत्यका”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Death Valley”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Death Valley”
  • Norwegian: “Death Valley”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Death Valley”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Val de la Mòrt”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੌਤ ਦੀ ਘਾਟੀ”
  • Persian: “دث ولی”
  • Persian: “دره مرگ”
  • Piemontese: “Comba dla Mòrt”
  • Polish: “Dolina Śmierci”
  • Portuguese: “Vale da Morte”
  • Romanian: “Valea Morții”
  • Russian: “Долина Смерти”
  • Scots: “Death Valley”
  • Serbian: “Dolina smrti”
  • Serbian: “Долина смрти”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dolina smrti”
  • Slovak: “Dolina smrti”
  • Slovenian: “Dolina smrti”
  • Spanish: “Valle de la Muerte”
  • Swedish: “Death Valley”
  • Tajik: “Водии Марг”
  • Tamil: “சாவுப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு”
  • Telugu: “డెత్ వ్యాలీ”
  • Telugu: “మృత్యులోయ”
  • Thai: “หุบเขามรณะ”
  • Turkish: “Death Valley”
  • Ukrainian: “Долина Смерті”
  • Urdu: “وادئ موت”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng Chết”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Siong han Kamatayon”
  • Welsh: “Death Valley”
  • Western Frisian: “Death Valley”
  • Western Panjabi: “وادی موت”
  • Wu Chinese: “死亡谷”
  • Yue Chinese: “死谷”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Death Valley”.

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Indian Village and Devils Golf Course.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Furnace Creek Inn and Furnace Creek Golf Course.

Inyo County: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Shoshone and Olancha-Cartago.

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