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Hells Canyon is a valley in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

Hells Canyon received its name from its treacherous terrain (i.e. the valley was "hell to cross").[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hells Canyon (South Dakota)
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 35.

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