Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and attains a depth of over a mile.The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within…Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Photo: Runner1928, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Grand Canyon
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The Grand Canyon is in northern Arizona, and is one of the great tourist attractions in the United States as well as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
O'Neill Butte
Peak
O'Neill Butte is a 6,071-foot -elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States.
Cheops Pyramid
Peak
Cheops Pyramid is a 5,401-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, US.
Localities in the Area
Grand Canyon Village
Village
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Grand Canyon Village is a census-designated place located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
Grand Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 2,099 metres
- Description: steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States
- Categories: canyon and landform
- Location: Coconino County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.0977° or 36° 5' 52" northLongitude
-112.0968° or 112° 5' 48" westElevation
2,099 metres (6,886 feet)Open Location Code
85893WX3+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 150980731OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=valleyWikidata ID
Q118841Grand Canyon Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Taɣit tameqqṛant
- Afrikaans: Grand Canyon
- Albanian: Grand Canyon
- Amharic: ታላቁ ገደል
- Angika: ग्रैन्ड कैन्यन
- Arabic: Grand Canyon
- Arabic: الأخدود العظيم
- Arabic: الجراندكانيون
- Arabic: غراند كانيون
- Arabic: منتزه غراند كانيون
- Aragonese: Gran Canyón
- Aragonese: Gran Cañón
- Armenian: Մեծ կիրճ
- Assamese: গ্ৰেণ্ড কেনিয়ন
- Asturian: Gran Cañón
- Azerbaijani: Böyük Kanyon
- Basque: Arroila Handi
- Basque: Arroila Handia
- Basque: Coloradoren Arroila Handi
- Basque: Coloradoren Arroila Handia
- Basque: Grand Canyon
- Belarusian: Вялікі Каньён
- Belarusian: Гранд-Каньён
- Bengali: গ্র্যান্ড ক্যানিয়ন
- Bhojpuri: ग्रैंड कैनियन
- Bosnian: Grand Canyon
- Breton: Kanienn Veur
- Bulgarian: Гранд Каньон
- Burmese: ဂရင်းကင်ညွန်
- Catalan: Gran Canyó
- Catalan: Gran Canyó del Colorado
- Catalan: Grand Canyon
- Central Kurdish: گراند کەنیۆن
- Central Kurdish: گرەند کەنیۆن
- Cherokee: ᏗᎵᏍᏆᎸᏓ
- Chinese: Grand Canyon
- Chinese: 大峽谷
- Chinese: 科罗拉多大峡谷
- Chinese: 科羅拉多大峽谷
- Cree: Wikipedia:Archives/ᐊᐢᑭᐦᑕᑳᐧ
- Cree: ᐊᐢᑭᐦᑕᑳᐧ
- Croatian: Grand Canyon
- Czech: Grand Canyon
- Czech: Velký kaňon
- Danish: Grand Canyon
- Dhivehi: ގްރޭންޑް ކެންޔަން
- Dimli (individual language): Kanyono Gırd
- Dutch: Grand Canyon
- Dutch: Grand Canyon South Rim
- Dutch: North Rim
- Dutch: South Rim
- English: Cañon of Colorado
- Esperanto: Granda Kanjono
- Esperanto: Granda Kanjono de Kolorado
- Esperanto: Kanjono Granda
- Esperanto: Nacia Parko Granda Kanjono
- Esperanto: Nacia parko Grand Canyon
- Estonian: Suur kanjon
- Faroese: Grand Canyon
- Finnish: Grand Canyon
- Finnish: Iso kanjoni
- French: Canyon du Colorado
- French: Grand Canyon
- French: Grand Canyon du Colorado
- Galician: Gran Canón
- Galician: Gran Canón do Colorado
- Gan Chinese: 大峡谷
- Gan Chinese: 大峽谷
- Georgian: გრანდ კანიონი
- Georgian: დიდი კანიონი
- German: Grand Canyon
- Greek: Γκραν Κάνιον
- Guianese Creole French: Gran Canyon
- Hausa: Grand Canyon
- Hebrew: גראנד קניון
- Hebrew: גרנד קניון
- Hebrew: הגראנד קניון
- Hebrew: הגרנד קניון
- Hebrew: הקניון הגדול
- Hindi: ग्रैंड कैनियन
- Hindi: ग्रैंड कैन्यन
- Hindi: ग्रैन्ड कैन्यन
- Hungarian: Grand Canyon
- Icelandic: Miklagljúfur
- Ido: Granda Ravinego
- Indonesian: Grand Canyon
- Irish: An Cainneon Mór
- Irish: Cainneon Mór
- Italian: Gran Canyon
- Italian: Grand Canyon
- Italian: Grande Canyon
- Jamaican Creole English: Gran Kianyan
- Japanese: Grand Canyon
- Japanese: グランドキャニオン
- 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: 그랜드캐년
- Korean: 그랜드 캐년
- Korean: 그랜드캐니언
- Korean: 그랜드 캐니언
- Korean: 그렌드 캐년
- Kurdish: Kanyona Mezin
- Kurdish: Zixura Mezin
- Kurdish: کانیۆنا مەزن
- Ladin: Grand Canyon
- Lao: ກະລັງກັງຢົງ
- Latin: Grand Canyon
- Latvian: Lielais kanjons
- Lingua Franca Nova: Canion Grande
- Lithuanian: Didysis Kolorado kanjonas
- Lithuanian: Didysis kanjonas
- Luxembourgish: Grand Canyon
- Macedonian: Големиот Кањон
- Malay: Grand Canyon
- Malayalam: ഗ്രാൻഡ് കാന്യൻ
- Marathi: ग्रँड कॅन्यन
- Min Nan Chinese: Grand Canyon
- Navajo: Bida'há'aazt'i' tsékoh
- Navajo: Bidaʼháʼaaztʼiʼ tsékoh
- Navajo: Bidááʼ Haʼ Aztʼiʼ
- Navajo: Bidááʼ Haʼaztʼiʼ Tsékooh
- Nepali: ग्रान्द क्यानन
- Newari: ग्रान्द क्यानन
- Norwegian: Grand Canyon
- Norwegian Bokmål: Grand Canyon
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Grand Canyon
- Occitan (post 1500): Grand Canhon
- Occitan (post 1500): Grand Canhòn
- Oromo: Grand Canyon
- Ossetian: Гранд-Каньон
- Ossetian: Стыр каньон
- Panjabi: ਗ੍ਰੈਂਡ ਕੈਨੀਓਨ
- Persian: گرندکنیون
- Persian: گرند کنیون
- Polish: Grand Canyon
- Polish: Wielki Kanion Kolorado
- Portuguese: Grand Canyon
- Portuguese: Grande Canyon
- Portuguese: Parque nacional do grand canyon
- Romanian: Grand Canyon
- Romanian: Marele Canion
- Russian: Большой каньон
- Russian: Большой каньон Колорадо
- Russian: Великий каньон
- Russian: Гранд-Каньон
- Saterfriesisch: Grand Canyon
- Serbian: Veliki kanjon Kolorada
- Serbian: Велики кањон
- Serbian: Велики кањон Колорада
- Serbian: Гранд кањон
- Serbian: Кањон Колорадо
- Serbo-Croatian: Grand Canyon
- Serbo-Croatian: Veliki kanjon
- Serbo-Croatian: Veliki kanjon Kolorada
- Sicilian: Granni Canyon
- Slovak: Veľký kaňon
- Slovenian: Grand Canyon
- Slovenian: Veliki kanjon
- Spanish: Canon del Colorado
- Spanish: Canón del Colorado
- Spanish: Cañon del Colorado
- Spanish: Cañón del Colorado
- Spanish: El Gran Canon del Colorado
- Spanish: El Gran Canón del Colorado
- Spanish: El Gran Cañon del Colorado
- Spanish: El Gran Cañón del Colorado
- Spanish: Gran Canon
- Spanish: Gran Canon del Colorado
- Spanish: Gran Canón
- Spanish: Gran Canón del Colorado
- Spanish: Gran Cañon del Colorado
- Spanish: Gran Cañón
- Spanish: Gran Cañón del Colorado
- Spanish: Grand Canyon
- Spanish: Informacion sobre el gran cañon del rio colorado
- Swahili: Grand Canyon
- Swedish: Grand Canyon
- Swedish: Grand Canyon nationalpark
- Tamil: கிராண்ட் கன்யன்
- Tamil: மாபெரும் செங்குத்துப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு
- Telugu: గ్రాండ్ కేనియన్
- Telugu: గ్రాండ్ కేన్యన్
- Thai: แกรนด์เเคนยอน
- Thai: แกรนด์แคนยอน
- Turkish: Büyük Kanyon
- Turkish: Büyük kanyon
- Ukrainian: Великий Каньйон
- Ukrainian: Великий Каньон
- Ukrainian: Великий Колорадський каньйон
- Ukrainian: Гранд-каньйон
- Urdu: گرینڈ کینین
- Uzbek: Katta Kanyon
- Venetian: Grand Canyon
- Vietnamese: Grand Canyon
- Vietnamese: Hẻm núi lớn
- 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
- Yakut: Гранд каньон
- Yakut: Улахан каньон
- Yue Chinese: 大峽谷
- Великий каньйон
- Голем Кањон
Other Places Named Grand Canyon
Localities in the Area
- Phantom RanchHamlet
- Devil’s CorkscrewLocality
- Plateau PointLocality
- Skeleton PointLocality
- Cedar RidgeLocality
Landmarks in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Grand Canyon. Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.