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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fishing Cone and Black Pool.
Fishing Cone
Geyser
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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.
Abyss Pool
Hot spring
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Abyss Pool is a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grant Village.
Grant Village
Hamlet
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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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Cone and Lakeshore Geyser.
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