Turquoise Pool

Turquoise Pool
Turquoise Pool
Name origin	Hayden Expedition (1878)
Location	Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, USA
Coordinates	44°31′36″N 110°50′16″W / 44.5266312°N 110.8376749°W / 44.5266312; -110.8376749Coordinates: 44°31′36″N 110°50′16″W / 44.5266312°N 110.8376749°W / 44.5266312; -110.8376749^[1]
Elevation	7,250 feet (2,210 m)
Type	Hot Spring
Temperature	142 to 160 °F (61 to 71 °C)

Turquoise Pool is a hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Turquoise Pool has a temperature between 142 and 160 °F (61 and 71 °C) and was named by members of the Hayden Expedition of 1878.^[2]

References

↑ "Turquoise Pool". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
↑ "Geysers-Midway Geyser Basin". Yellowstone Geysers. Yellowstone National Park.com. Retrieved 2011-02-12.

Yellowstone National Park - Lower and Midway Geyser Basins

Geothermal features, geography, historic structures and other attractions in the Lower and Midway Geyser Basins

Lower Geyser Basin	A-0 Geyser Artesia Geyser Azure Spring Bead Geyser Botryoidal Spring Box Spring Clepsydra Geyser Dilemma Geyser Fountain Geyser Fountain Paint Pot Great Fountain Geyser Jet Geyser Labial Geyser Morning Geyser Narcissus Geyser Ojo Caliente Spring Pink Cone Geyser Pink Geyser Spindle Geyser Surprise Pool White Dome Geyser Young Hopeful Geyser

Midway Geyser Basin	Excelsior Geyser Grand Prismatic Spring Opal Pool Turquoise Pool

Structures and History	Firehole Village Grand Loop Road Historic District Marshall's Hotel Nez Perce National Historic Trail Nez Perce Flight Queen's Laundry Bath House

Geography and Geology	Firehole Falls Firehole River

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