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Signage at Badwster

The signage at Badwater reads 282 feet below sea Level. _{Guy M | [[User_talk:Guy M|Talk]]} 02:49, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. GNIS for Badwater (populated place) reports an elevation of -266 ft. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: GNIS for Badwater Basin reports -279. The Badwater Basin article states that the elevation is -282 and cites

"USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) 1 meter Downloadable Data Collection from The National Map 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) National Elevation Data Set (NED)". United States Geological Survey. September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015..

As the GNIS is not very reliable, I would trust the reference above over the GNIS.

This site describes the -282/-266 discrepancy, it might be good to update this article with this information?

However, Extreme_points_of_North_America#Lowest_points states that -279 is the lowest point and cites the same reference as Badwater Basin?

"USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) 1 meter Downloadable Data Collection from The National Map 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) National Elevation Data Set (NED)". United States Geological Survey. September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

Either the Badwater Basin article or the Extreme_points_of_North_America#Lowest_points article needs to be updated. Cxbrx (talk) 05:12, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I updated Badwater Basin and Extreme_points_of_North_America#Lowest_points. See Talk:Badwater Basin. Cxbrx (talk) 04:59, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]