Valdez or Valdés may refer to:

People

Valdez (surname) Valdez or Valdés may refer to: People * Valdez (surname) *Valdés (surname) * Valdez (Brazilian footballer) (born 1943), Brazilian footballer * Valdez “Val” Demings, U.S. politician Geography *Valdés, Asturias, Spain *Valdez, Alaska, United ...

Valdés (surname) Valdés is a Spanish toponymic surname of Asturias, Asturian origin. Its appearance has been dated back to the times of the Reconquista in the municipality of Valdés, Asturias, where the eponymous lineage began. The area around the current town of ...

Valdez (Brazilian footballer) Valdez Quirino Lemos (born 10 February 1943) is a Brazilian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Americ ...

(born 1943), Brazilian footballer * Valdez “Val” Demings, U.S. politician

Geography

Valdés, Asturias Valdés is a Spanish Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the province of Asturias. Its capital is Luarca. It borders the Bay of Biscay on the north, the municipalities of Navia (Spain), Navia and Villayón on the west, Tineo on the south, Sa ...

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Valdez, Alaska Valdez ( ; Alutiiq: ) is a city in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to the 2020 US Census, the population of the city is 3,985, up from 3,976 in 2010. It is the third most populated city in Alaska's Unorganized Borou ...

, United States **

Valdez oil terminal Valdez ( ; Alutiiq: ) is a city in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to the 2020 US Census, the population of the city is 3,985, up from 3,976 in 2010. It is the third most populated city in Alaska's Unorganized Borou ...

Valdez, California Valdez is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California. It is located on the Sacramento Northern Railroad The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a electric interurban railway that connected Chico in northern Ca ...

, United States *

Valdez, Esmeraldas Valdéz (frequently also called Limones) is a town in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador. It is the seat of the Eloy Alfaro Canton Canton Eloy Alfaro is a canton of Ecuador, part of the province of Esmeraldas. Its capital is the town of Limon ...

, Ecuador *

Valdez, Florida Valdez is an unincorporated community located in southwest Volusia County, Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Al ...

, United States *

Valdes Island Valdes Island is one of the Gulf Islands located in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. It is across Porlier Pass from Galiano Island, which lies to the southeast. It has an area of , and is wide by in length. The island is popu ...

, Canada *

Valdés Peninsula The Valdes Peninsula (Spanish: ''Península Valdés'') is a peninsula into the Atlantic Ocean in the Biedma Department of north-east Chubut Province, Argentina. Around in size (not taking into account the isthmus of Carlos Ameghino which connect ...

, Argentina

Other uses

* Valdez (acrobatic), a back walkover that begins in a sitting position *''

Exxon Valdez ''Oriental Nicety'', formerly ''Exxon Valdez'', ''Exxon Mediterranean'', ''SeaRiver Mediterranean'', ''S/R Mediterranean'', ''Mediterranean'', and ''Dong Fang Ocean'', was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince Wil ...

'', oil tanker involved in an oil spill in Alaska in 1989 **

Valdez Blockade The Valdez Blockade was a 1993 protest by Cordova fishermen who blockaded the Valdez Narrows in an attempt to obtain funding for research and restoration efforts relating to decreasing yields of pink salmon and herring in Prince William Sound follo ...

, a protest by Alaskan fishermen in 1993 {{disambig, geo