Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Valley is a glacial valley in in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about 7.5 mi long and 3,000–3,500 ft deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as and , and densely forested with pines.
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  • Valley with an elevation of 3,868 feet (1,179 metres)
  • Description: glacial valley in California, United States of America
  • Also known as
    “A-wa-ni”
    “Ah-wah-ne”
    “Ahwahnee”
    “Yo-Ham-i-te”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horsetail Fall and Sentinel Rock.
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is a granitic peak in , , United States.
Sentinel Falls is a long series of cascades descending…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yosemite Village and Curry Village.
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Yosemite Valley is a census-designated place in , United States. is situated 2 miles northeast of Yosemite Valley.
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is a campground… is situated 2 miles east of Yosemite Valley.
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is a group of small isles in the… is situated 3 miles east of Yosemite Valley.

Yosemite Valley

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Latitude
37.7288° or 37° 43′ 44″ north
Longitude
-119.6095° or 119° 36′ 34″ west
Open location code
8592P9HR+G6
Geo­Names ID
5410959
Wiki­data ID
Q1996389

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Yosemite Valley” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Yosemitevallei”
  • Belarusian: “Іасеміцкая даліна”
  • Bengali: “ইয়োসেমাইট উপত্যকা”
  • Bulgarian: “Йосемити”
  • Cebuano: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Chinese: “優勝美地山谷”
  • Chinese: “尤塞米提谷”
  • Chinese: “约塞米蒂谷”
  • Czech: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Czech: “Yosemitské údolí”
  • Dutch: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Esperanto: “Valo Yosemite”
  • Esperanto: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Esperanto: “Yosemite”
  • Finnish: “Yosemitenlaakso”
  • French: “Vallee de Yosemite”
  • French: “vallée de Yosemite”
  • French: “Vallée de Yosemite”
  • French: “Yosemite Valley”
  • German: “Yosemite Valley”
  • German: “Yosemitetal”
  • Greek: “Κοιλάδα Γιοσέμιτι”
  • Hebrew: “עמק יוסמיטי”
  • Igbo: “Ndagwurugwu”
  • Igbo: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Indonesian: “Lembah Yosemite”
  • Italian: “Valle del Yosemite”
  • Italian: “Valle dello Yosemite”
  • Italian: “Valle di Yosemite”
  • Italian: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Japanese: “ヨセミテ渓谷”
  • Korean: “요세미티 계곡”
  • Lithuanian: “Josemičio slėnis”
  • Malay: “Lembah Yosemite”
  • Malayalam: “യോസ്മൈറ്റ് താഴ്‍വര”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Persian: “دره یوسیمیتی”
  • Polish: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Portuguese: “Vale de Yosemite”
  • Russian: “Долина Йосемите”
  • Russian: “Долина Йосемити”
  • Russian: “Йосемити (долина)”
  • Russian: “Йосемитская долина”
  • Serbian: “Јосемитска долина”
  • Slovenian: “Yosemite Valley”
  • Slovenian: “Yosemitska dolina”
  • Spanish: “Valle de Yosemite”
  • Swedish: “Yosemitedalen”
  • Turkish: “Yosemite Vadisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Долина Йосеміті”
  • Western Panjabi: “یوسمائیٹ وادی”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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