Name: Biscuit Basin

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1105114W

Latitude: 442900N

 

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Elevation: 7264/2214

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Basin

 

Origin of Name:

Geyser basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., small basin crossed by Little Firehole River ... .

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

A basin where the formation takes the shape of biscuits.

Source: Campbell 

 

The Biscuit Basins. Quoting from Mr. Walter H. Weed of the U. S. Geological Survey of the Park, who says: " This name is applied to the overflow pools and basins about the Sapphire, the largest spring of the group, because of the resemblance of the deposit in these pools to soda biscuits. This group of springs, lying in the flats between the Little Firehole and the Firehole rivers, embraces some of the most beautiful springs of the whole Park. The Sapphire is the largest spring, and like the Artemesia, will perhaps develop into a geyser; but at present the Jewel is the notable geyser, spouting every few minutes to a height of twenty to forty feet, and surrounded by a beautiful deposit, quite unlike anything else in the Upper Geyser Basin."

Source: Riley

 

Other Names: Sapphire Basin

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Old Faithful

 

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