Name: Sapphire Pool

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1105120W

Latitude: 442907N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 7287/2221

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Spring

 

Origin of Name:

Thermal spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., in Biscuit Basin, west side of firehole River, just east of Jewel Geyser.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Sapphire Pool, which boils every 12 minutes, is an excellent example of an intermediate stage between a geyser and a hot spring. The water boils violently and overflows, but no jet of water is hurled into the air. Between violent periods is an interval of calm, when the deep pool of blue, translucent water lies still. 

Source: Wyoming Guide 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Old Faithful

 

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