Fishing Cone
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.Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Geyser
- Description: geyser in Teton County, Wyoming, United States of America
- Also known as: “Chowder Pot”, “Crater Island”, “Fish Cone”, “Fish Pot”, “Fishermans Kettle”, “Fishpot Spring”, “Hot Spring Cone”, and “WTLG124”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yellowstone National Park and Big 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.
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 Fishing Cone.
Fishing Cone
- Category: body of water
- Location: Teton, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.41729° or 44° 25′ 2″ northLongitude
-110.57026° or 110° 34′ 13″ westElevation
7,736 feet (2,358 metres)Open location code
85PFCC8H+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 262877557OpenStreetMap feature
natural=geyser
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Satellite Map
Discover Fishing Cone from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Fishing Cone” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fishing Cone”
- French: “Fishing Cone”
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