Name: Mortar Geyser

County: Teton

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Longitude:  1105003W

Latitude: 442900N

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Elevation: 7651/2332

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Feature Type: Geyser

Origin of Name:

Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, about 400 feet northwest of Riverside Geyser on right bank of Firehole River, in Upper Geyser Basin. So named by Haynes, photographer of presidential party, 1883, because eruptions resembled discharge of ordnance of that name.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932  

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Old Faithful

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