Talk:Badwater Basin

Elevation
Note that states that the elevation is -279 ft., whereas |another USGS page says -282. I removed the previous reference that referred to the National Elevation Dataset (NED), because the NED was retired, see and the link was no longer valid (archive.org was no help). The photo in the article says -282. See for a description of how the elevation of the sign is not actually -282. I did a bit of WP:OR with the 3DEP viewer at but I was only able to find locations that were -280 ft.  Cxbrx (talk) 04:56, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I see that there are several wiki pages that use the -279 value.  I'm fairly convinced that -282 is correct.  If I do a Google search for ' site:usgs.gov badwater "279 feet" ', I get "about 3 results".  Searching for ' site:usgs.gov badwater "282 feet" ' gets "about 46 results".  However, rather than updating the other pages, I'll wait a bit and see if there is disagreement.  Cxbrx (talk) 05:11, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The 1986 1:24000 topo map shows a number of elevation measurements taken across the basin with -282 feet being the lowest one. I believe that is correct. I would speculate that the -279 elevation refers to the elevation immediately next to the tourist viewpoint on the east side of the basin. According to the topo map, the center of the basin is 3 feet lower. I believe the series of edits you have made are correct. — hike395 (talk) 08:53, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Relevance to Mars
The lowest point on Mars' surface is known as Badwater. Perhaps the relation could be added to this article? Sink Cat (talk) 01:32, 16 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I have added that information. Cintilo (talk) 02:42, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

PIA26197: Badwater, Death Valley
Hurricane Hilary rained at the Badwater Basin as shown at JPL's Photojournal: PIA26197: Badwater, Death Valley. Rjluna2 (talk) 16:56, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

PIA26184: SWOT Death Valley Lake Depth
Here is the JPL's Photojournal of PIA26184: SWOT Death Valley Lake Depth. Rjluna2 (talk) 17:31, 17 April 2024 (UTC)