Description
Lowest elevation in California and the lowest point in the western hemisphere, located at 282 feet below sea level at Badwater Basin. Bound on the northwest by Last Chance Canyon and Last Chance Range, on the west by Telescope Peak in the Panamint Range, on the east by Dantes View in the Black Mountains of the Amargosa Range, and on the southeast by the Avawatz Mountains at Silurian Valley. (US-T121)