Ojo Caliente Spring

Ojo Caliente Spring
Ojo Caliente Spring, 1967
Location Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Coordinates 44°33′47″N 110°50′20″W / 44.5629852°N 110.8388101°W / 44.5629852; -110.8388101[1]
Elevation 7,182 feet (2,189 m) [2]
Temperature 94 °C (201 °F) [1]

Ojo Caliente Spring is a hot spring in Lower Geyser Basin, of Yellowstone National Park. It is in the River Group which includes Azure Spring,[3] and is located a few yards off the Fountain Flats Freight Road on the northern bank of the Firehole River.

In Spanish Ojo Caliente means "hot eye". It is a superheated, alkaline spring which, on its northern end, boils constantly to a height of 12 to 20 inches (30 to 51 cm).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ojo Caliente Spring". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University.
  2. "Ojo Caliente Spring". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. "River Group".
  4. "Geysers – Lower Geyser Basin". YellowstoneNationalPark.com.

44°33′47″N 110°50′20″W / 44.562933°N 110.838783°W / 44.562933; -110.838783


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