Black Pool
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.Photo: Yellowstone National Park, Public domain.
- Type: Hot spring
- Description: hot spring in Teton County, Wyoming, United States
- Also known as: “WTLG127”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yellowstone National Park and Abyss Pool.
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.
Abyss Pool
Hot spring
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abyss Pool is a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
Big Cone
Geyser
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 Black Pool.
Black Pool
- Category: body of water
- Location: Teton, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.41821° or 44° 25′ 6″ northLongitude
-110.57192° or 110° 34′ 19″ westElevation
7,756 feet (2,364 metres)Open location code
85PFCC9H+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 1277823360OpenStreetMap feature
natural=hot_spring
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Black Pool” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Pool (tubud)”
- Cebuano: “Black Pool”
- French: “Black Pool”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include King Geyser viewing point and King Geyser.
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