Name: Grand Prismatic Spring

 

County: Teton

 

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Longitude:  1105018W

Latitude: 443131N

 

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Elevation: 7270/2216

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Spring

 

Origin of Name:

Thermal spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., in Lower Geyser Basin at south end. Noted for remarkable prismatic coloring.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

  

Other Names: Boiling Coral Well, Emerald Lake, Great Hot Spring, Great Spring, Hot Spring Lake, Mammoth Hot Spring, Paradise Lake, Prism Lake, Prismatic Lake

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Lower Geyser Basin

 

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