Name: Fountain Paint Pot

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104824W

Latitude: 443301N

 

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Elevation: 7306/2227

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Spring

 

Origin of Name:

Thermal springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., near middle of Lower Geyser Bain, boiling masses of thick, colored mud.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

Other Names: Chalk Vat, Devils Paintbox, Fountain Geyser, Fountain Paintpots, Mammoth Paintpot, Mud Puff, Paint Vat

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Lower Geyser Basin

 

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