Death Valley

Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, United States, in the northern , bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer.
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Photo: Lena Berger 1986, Public domain.
  • 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”, “Kunayiwaavi”, “LaVallee De Mort”, “Lost Valley”, “Mesquite Valley”, “Mound Spring Valley”, “North Arm”, “Northwestern Arm”, “Todestal”, “Tonesha”, and “Tumpisa

Places of Interest

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

Museum
Photo: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, Public domain.

Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a public located 0.75 miles west of , , serving , , . This general aviation airport covers 40 acres and has one runway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Furnace Creek and Park Village.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , United States. The population was 136 at the 2020 census, up from 24 at the 2010 census.

Hamlet
Furnace Creek is a census-designated place in , United States. The population was 136 at the 2020 census, up from 24 at the 2010 census. 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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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Death Valley” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Death Valley
  • Afrikaans: Doodsvallei
  • Albanian: Lugina e Vdekjes
  • Arabic: ديث فالي
  • Arabic: وادي الموت
  • Armenian: Մահվան հովիտ
  • Azerbaijani: Ölüm dərəsi
  • Azerbaijani: Ölüm vadisi
  • Basque: Death Valley
  • 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
  • Chinese: 死谷
  • Corsican: Death Valley
  • Corsican: Valle di a Morte
  • Czech: Death Valley
  • Czech: údolí Smrti
  • Czech: Údolí smrti
  • Danish: Death Valley
  • Dutch: Death Valley National Park
  • Dutch: Death Valley
  • Egyptian Arabic: وادى الموت
  • Esperanto: Death Valley
  • Esperanto: Morta valo
  • Esperanto: Valo de Morto
  • Estonian: Death Valley
  • Estonian: Surmaorg
  • Faroese: Death Valley
  • Finnish: Death Valley
  • Finnish: Kuolemanlaakso
  • French: Death Valley
  • 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
  • Igbo: Ndagwurugwu
  • Inari Sami: Jäämmimleehi
  • Indonesian: Death Valley
  • Indonesian: Gurun Death Valley
  • Indonesian: Lembah Kematian
  • Italian: Valle della Morte
  • Japanese: デスヴァレー
  • Japanese: 死の谷
  • Kannada: ಸಾವಿನ ಕಣಿವೆ
  • Kazakh: Ажал аңғары
  • Kirghiz: Ажал өрөөнү
  • Korean: 데스 밸리
  • Korean: 데스밸리
  • Korean: 죽음의 계곡
  • Korean: 죽음의계곡
  • Kurdish: Death Valley
  • Kurdish: Newala mirinê
  • Kurdish: دەاته ڤاللەی
  • Latvian: Nāves ieleja
  • Lithuanian: Mirties slėnis
  • Macedonian: Долина на смртта
  • Macedonian: Долина на Смртта
  • Maithili: मृत उपत्यका
  • Malay: Death Valley
  • Malay: Lembah Kematian
  • Malay: Lembah Maut
  • Malayalam: Death Valley
  • Malayalam: ഡെത് വാലി
  • Malayalam: ഡെത്ത് 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
  • Persian: درهٔ مرگ
  • Piemontese: Comba dla Mòrt
  • Polish: Dolina Śmierci
  • Portuguese: Death valley
  • Portuguese: Vale da Morte
  • Romanian: Death Valley
  • Romanian: Death-Valley
  • Romanian: Valea morţii
  • Romanian: Valea Morții
  • Russian: Долина Смерти
  • Scots: Death Valley
  • Serbian: Dolina smrti
  • Serbian: Долина смрти
  • Serbian: Долина Смрти
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dolina smrti
  • Slovak: Death Valley
  • Slovak: Dolina smrti
  • Slovak: Údolie smrti
  • Slovenian: Dolina smrti
  • Spanish: Death Valley
  • 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: ڈیتھ ویلی
  • Urdu: وادئ موت
  • Urdu: وادی 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

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Indian Village and Devils Golf Course.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Furnace Creek Inn and Furnace Creek Golf Course.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Death Valley”. Photo: Lena Berger 1986, Public domain.