Name: Surprise Pool

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104802W

Latitude: 443210N

 

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Elevation: 7326/2233

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Feature Type: Lake

 

Origin of Name:

A thermal spring south of Great Fountain Geyser in Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Probably so named because it is unusually beautiful and contains the "blue flame" similar to Firehole Lake.

Source: Decisions, 1937

 

Surprise Pool, close to the Great Fountain, is always ready to disclose the reason for its name to anyone who will go to the trouble of throwing into it a handful of dirt or a spray of evergreen.

Source: Chittenden 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Lower Geyser Basin

 

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