Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the in , United States. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and attains a depth of over a mile.
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  • Type: Valley with an elevation of 6,886 feet
  • Description: steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States
  • Also known as: “Arroila Handi”, “Bida’há’aazt’i‘ tsékoh”, “Bidááʼ Haʼ Aztʼiʼ”, “Bidaʼháʼaaztʼiʼ tsékoh”, “Cainneon Mór”, “Cânion do Colorado”, “Canon del Colorado”, “Canón del Colorado”, “Cañon del Colorado”, “Cañón del Colorado”, “Cañon of Colorado”, “Canyon du Colorado”, “Coloradoren Arroila Handi”, “Coloradoren Arroila Handia”, “Didysis Kolorado kanjonas”, “El Gran Canon del Colorado”, “El Gran Canón del Colorado”, “El Gran Cañon del Colorado”, “El Gran Cañón del Colorado”, “Gran Canon”, “Gran Canon del Colorado”, “Gran Canón del Colorado”, “Gran Cañon del Colorado”, “Gran Cañón del Colorado”, “Gran Canón do Colorado”, “Gran Canyó del Colorado”, “Grand Canhòn”, “Grand Canyon du Colorado”, “Grand Canyon nationalpark”, “Grand Canyon South Rim”, “Granda Kanjono de Kolorado”, “Grande Canyon”, “Hẻm núi lớn”, “Informacion sobre el gran cañon del rio colorado”, “Iso kanjoni”, “Kanjon il-Kbir”, “Kanjono Granda”, “Nacia parko Grand Canyon”, “Nacia Parko Granda Kanjono”, “North Rim”, “South Rim”, “Velký kaňon”, “Zixura Mezin”, “Большой каньон Колорадо”, “Великий каньон”, “Великий Каньон”, “Великий Колорадський каньйон”, “Гранд каньон”, “Гранд кањон”, “Гранд-Каньён”, “Гранд-каньйон”, “Кањон Колорадо”, “Улахан каньон”, “გრანდ კანიონი”, “גראנד קניון”, “הגראנד קניון”, “הגרנד קניון”, “הקניון הגדול”, “الأخدود العظيم”, “الجراندكانيون”, “غراند كانيون”, “گراند کەنیۆن”, “گرندکنیون”, “منتزه غراند كانيون”, “ग्रैंड कैन्यन”, “గ్రాండ్ కేనియన్”, “గ్రాండ్ కేన్యన్”, “แกรนด์เเคนยอน”, “그랜드 캐년”, “그랜드캐년”, “그랜드캐니언”, “그렌드 캐년”, and “グランドキャニオン”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Grand Canyon and O’Neill Butte.

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The is in northern , and is one…

Peak
O'Neill Butte is a 6,071-foot -elevation summit…

Peak
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is a 5,401-foot-elevation summit…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Canyon Village.

Village
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is a census-designated place…

Grand Canyon

Latitude
36.098° or 36° 5′ 53″ north
Longitude
-112.0963° or 112° 5′ 47″ west
Elevation
6,886 feet (2,099 metres)
Open location code
85893WX3+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150980731
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­valley
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q118841
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Grand Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Grand Canyon”
  • Albanian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Amharic: “ታላቁ ገደል”
  • Angika: “ग्रैन्ड कैन्यन”
  • Arabic: “الخانق العظيم”
  • Aragonese: “Gran Canyón”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ կիրճ”
  • Assamese: “গ্ৰেণ্ড কেনিয়ন”
  • Asturian: “Gran Cañón”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Kanyon”
  • Basque: “Arroila Handia”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі Каньён”
  • Bengali: “গ্র্যান্ড ক্যানিয়ন”
  • Bhojpuri: “ग्रैंड कैनियन”
  • Bosnian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Breton: “Kanienn Veur”
  • Bulgarian: “Гранд Каньон”
  • Burmese: “ဂရင်းကင်ညွန်”
  • Catalan: “Gran Canyó”
  • Central Kurdish: “گرەند کەنیۆن”
  • Cherokee: “ᏗᎵᏍᏆᎸᏓ”
  • Chinese: “大峽谷”
  • Chinese: “科罗拉多大峡谷”
  • Chinese: “科羅拉多大峽谷”
  • Cree: “ᐊᐢᑭᐦᑕᑳᐧ”
  • Croatian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Czech: “Grand Canyon”
  • Danish: “Grand Canyon”
  • Dhivehi: “ގްރޭންޑް ކެންޔަން”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kanyono Gırd”
  • Dutch: “Grand Canyon”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Kanjono”
  • Estonian: “Suur kanjon”
  • Faroese: “Grand Canyon”
  • Finnish: “Grand Canyon”
  • French: “Grand Canyon”
  • Galician: “Gran Canón”
  • Gan Chinese: “大峡谷”
  • Gan Chinese: “大峽谷”
  • Georgian: “დიდი კანიონი”
  • German: “Grand Canyon”
  • Greek: “Γκραν Κάνιον”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Gran Canyon”
  • Hausa: “Grand Canyon”
  • Hebrew: “גרנד קניון”
  • Hindi: “ग्रैन्ड कैन्यन”
  • Hungarian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Icelandic: “Miklagljúfur”
  • Ido: “Granda Ravinego”
  • Indonesian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Irish: “An Cainneon Mór”
  • Italian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Gran Kianyan”
  • Japanese: “グランド・キャニオン”
  • Javanese: “Grand Canyon”
  • Kabiyè: “Kujomuu sɔsɔʋ”
  • Kabyle: “Taɣit tameqqṛant”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಯನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Үлкен Каньон”
  • Kirghiz: “Чоң Каньон”
  • Korean: “그랜드 캐니언”
  • Kurdish: “Kanyona Mezin”
  • Kurdish: “کانیۆنا مەزن”
  • Ladin: “Grand Canyon”
  • Lao: “ກະລັງກັງຢົງ”
  • Latin: “Grand Canyon”
  • Latvian: “Lielais kanjons”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Canion Grande”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis kanjonas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grand Canyon”
  • Macedonian: “Голем Кањон”
  • Macedonian: “Големиот Кањон”
  • Malay: “Grand Canyon”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്രാൻഡ് കാന്യൻ”
  • Maltese: “Grand Canyon”
  • Marathi: “ग्रँड कॅन्यन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grand Canyon”
  • Navajo: “Bidááʼ Haʼaztʼiʼ Tsékooh”
  • Newari: “ग्रान्द क्यानन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Canyon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grand Canyon”
  • Norwegian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Grand Canhon”
  • Oromo: “Grand Canyon”
  • Ossetian: “Стыр каньон”
  • Panjabi: “ਗ੍ਰੈਂਡ ਕੈਨੀਓਨ”
  • Persian: “گرند کنیون”
  • Polish: “Wielki Kanion Kolorado”
  • Portuguese: “Grand Canyon”
  • Romanian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Romanian: “Marele Canion”
  • Russian: “Большой каньон”
  • Sakizaya: “tabakiay diheb”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Grand Canyon”
  • Serbian: “Veliki kanjon Kolorada”
  • Serbian: “Велики кањон Колорада”
  • Serbian: “Велики кањон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki kanjon Kolorada”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki kanjon”
  • Sicilian: “Granni Canyon”
  • Slovak: “Veľký kaňon”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki kanjon”
  • Somali: “Buuraha Grand Canyon”
  • Spanish: “Gran Cañón”
  • Swahili: “Grand Canyon”
  • Swedish: “Grand Canyon”
  • Tamil: “கிராண்ட் கன்யன்”
  • Tamil: “மாபெரும் செங்குத்துப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு”
  • Telugu: “గ్రాండ్ కాన్యన్”
  • Thai: “แกรนด์แคนยอน”
  • Turkish: “Büyük kanyon”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Kanyon”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий каньйон”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий Каньйон”
  • Urdu: “گرینڈ کینین”
  • Uzbek: “Katta Kanyon”
  • Venetian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Vietnamese: “Grand Canyon”
  • Võro: “Suur kanjon”
  • Võro: “Suur Kanjon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Grand Canyon”
  • Welsh: “Grand Canyon”
  • Western Frisian: “Grand Canyon”
  • Wu Chinese: “科罗拉多大峡谷”
  • Yakut: “Гранд-Каньон”
  • Yue Chinese: “大峽谷”
  • “ग्रैंड कैनियन”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Phantom Ranch and Devil’s Corkscrew.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Group Site 33 and Site 31.

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