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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Lena Berger 1986, Public domain.
  • Valley with an elevation of around -270 feet (-80 metres)
  • 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”
    “Tumpisa”
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Marc Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Discover Borax Museum and Death Valley National Park Visitor Center.
PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, Public domain.
Museum
logopop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tourism office
is a tourism office.
USGS, Public domain.
Aerodrome
is a public located 0.75…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Furnace Creek and Park Village.
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Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , United States.
Hamlet
Furnace Creek is a census-designated place in , United States.
4½ miles north of Death Valley

Death Valley

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Latitude
36.44802° or 36° 26′ 53″ north
Longitude
-116.86579° or 116° 51′ 57″ west
Open location code
8585C4XM+6M
Geo­Names ID
5342045
Wiki­data ID
Q118388

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Death Valley” goes by many names.
Death ValleyAfrikaans
DoodsvalleiAfrikaans
Lugina e VdekjesAlbanian
ديث فاليArabic
وادي الموتArabic
Մահվան հովիտArmenian
Ölüm dərəsiAzerbaijani
Ölüm vadisiAzerbaijani
Death ValleyBasque
Heriotzaren haranaBasque
Даліна СмерціBelarusian
ডেথ ভ্যালিBengali
মৃত্যু উপত্যকাBengali
Dolina smrtiBosnian
Traoñienn ar MarvBreton
Долина на смърттаBulgarian
Death ValleyCatalan
Vall de la MortCatalan
Death ValleyCebuano
死亡谷Chinese
Death ValleyCorsican
Valle di a MorteCorsican
Death ValleyCzech
Údolí smrtiCzech
Death ValleyDanish
Death ValleyDutch
Death Valley National ParkDutch
وادى الموتEgyptian Arabic
Death ValleyEsperanto
Morta valoEsperanto
Valo de MortoEsperanto
Death ValleyEstonian
SurmaorgEstonian
Death ValleyFaroese
Death ValleyFinnish
KuolemanlaaksoFinnish
Death ValleyFrench
Vallée de la mortFrench
Death ValleyGalician
სიკვდილის ველიGeorgian
Death ValleyGerman
Tal des TodesGerman
Κοιλάδα του ΘανάτουGreek
עמק המוותHebrew
डेथ वैलीHindi
मौत की घाटीHindi
Death ValleyHungarian
DauðadalurIcelandic
NdagwurugwuIgbo
Ndagwurugwu ọnwụIgbo
JäämmimleehiInari Sami
Death ValleyIndonesian
Gurun Death ValleyIndonesian
Lembah KematianIndonesian
Valle della MorteItalian
デスヴァレーJapanese
死の谷Japanese
ಸಾವಿನ ಕಣಿವೆKannada
Ажал аңғарыKazakh
Ажал өрөөнүKirghiz
데스 밸리Korean
죽음의 계곡Korean
Death ValleyKurdish
Newala mirinêKurdish
دەاته ڤاللەیKurdish
Nāves ielejaLatvian
Mirties slėnisLithuanian
Долина на СмрттаMacedonian
मृत उपत्यकाMaithili
Death ValleyMalay
Lembah KematianMalay
Lembah MautMalay
Death ValleyMalayalam
ഡെത് വാലിMalayalam
ഡെത്ത് വാലിMalayalam
मृत उपत्यकाNepali
Death ValleyNorwegian
Death ValleyNorwegian Bokmål
Death ValleyNorwegian Nynorsk
Death ValleyOccitan (post 1500)
Val de la MòrtOccitan (post 1500)
ਮੌਤ ਦੀ ਘਾਟੀPanjabi
دث ولیPersian
درهٔ مرگPersian
Comba dla MòrtPiemontese
Dolina ŚmierciPolish
Death valleyPortuguese
Vale da MortePortuguese
Death ValleyRomanian
Valea MorțiiRomanian
Долина СмертиRussian
Death ValleyScots
Dolina smrtiSerbian
Долина смртиSerbian
Dolina smrtiSerbo-Croatian
Death ValleySlovak
Dolina smrtiSlovak
Údolie smrtiSlovak
Dolina smrtiSlovenian
Death ValleySpanish
Valle de la MuerteSpanish
Death ValleySwedish
Водии МаргTajik
சாவுப் பள்ளத்தாக்குTamil
డెత్ వ్యాలీTelugu
మృత్యులోయTelugu
หุบเขามรณะThai
Death ValleyTurkish
Долина СмертіUkrainian
ڈیتھ ویلیUrdu
وادئ موتUrdu
وادی موتUrdu
Thung lũng ChếtVietnamese
Siong han KamatayonWaray (Philippines)
Death ValleyWelsh
Death ValleyWestern Frisian
وادی موتWestern Panjabi
死亡谷Wu Chinese
死谷Yue Chinese

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