Big Cone
Big Cone is a geyser in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Big Cone is a 7 metres wide sinter cone that rises from Yellowstone Lake about 7 metres from the shoreline.Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yellowstone National Park and Fishing Cone.
Yellowstone National Park
Photo: Jared Benson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yellowstone National Park is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was the world's first national park, set aside in 1872 to preserve the vast number of geysers, hot springs, and other thermal areas, as well as to protect the incredible wildlife and rugged beauty of the area.
Fishing Cone
Geyser
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fishing Cone, also known as Fishing Pot Hot Springs is a geyser in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming - America. In the earlier part of the 20th century, this cone had eruptions as high as 40 feet.
Black Pool
Hot spring
Photo: Yellowstone National Park, Public domain.
Black Pool is a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The pool was cool enough up until 1991 for dark orange-brown cyanobacteria to grow throughout the pool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grant Village.
Grant Village
Hamlet
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grant Village is a developed area of Yellowstone National Park, offering lodging, camping and other visitor services. It is located on the southwest side of Yellowstone Lake, about 2 miles south of West Thumb Geyser Basin. Grant Village is situated 2 miles south of Big Cone.
Big Cone
- Type: Geyser
- Description: geyser in Yellowstone National Park
- Category: body of water
- Location: Teton, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.41761° or 44° 25′ 3″ northLongitude
-110.57061° or 110° 34′ 14″ westElevation
7,864 feet (2,397 metres)Open location code
85PFCC9H+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 4416203642OpenStreetMap feature
natural=geyser
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Big Cone” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Cone Spring”
- French: “Big Cone Geyser”
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Localities in the Area
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