Death Valley National Monument

noun

1. a national monument in eastern California, including most of Death Valley: site of Badwater, lowest point in the United States, 282 feet (86 meters) below sea level. 2,980 square miles (7,718 square kilometers).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Death Valley National Monument¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

His iconic and still breathtaking mountainscapes of Yosemite and elsewhere are on view, as well as such semiabstract landscapes as “Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Monument, California,” which could stand comfortably beside an Edward Weston.

From New York Times