Grand Prismatic Spring

The Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest hot spring in the , and the third largest in the world, after in New Zealand and in Dominica.
Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: natural hot spring within Yellowstone National Park
  • Also known as: “Boiling Coral Well”, “Emerald Lake”, “Great Hot Spring”, “Great Spring”, “Hot Spring Lake”, “Mammoth Hot Spring”, “Paradise Lake”, “Prism Lake”, “Prismatic Lake”, and “The Grand Prismatic Spring”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Opal Pool and Excelsior Geyser.

Geyser
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of , . usually has a temperature of approximately 132 °F.

Geyser
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Crater, formerly known as , is a dormant fountain-type geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin of in the United States. Excelsior was named by Yellowstone superintendent P. W. Norris in 1881.

Hot spring
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
is a hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of , . has a temperature between 142 and 160 °F and was named by members of the Hayden Expedition of 1878.

Grand Prismatic Spring

Latitude
44.52511° or 44° 31′ 30″ north
Longitude
-110.83816° or 110° 50′ 17″ west
Elevation
7,270 feet (2,216 metres)
Open location code
85PFG5G6+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27750226
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5826322
Wiki­data ID
Q1422831
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Satellite Map

Discover Grand Prismatic Spring from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Grand Prismatic Spring” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “النبع المنشوري الكبير”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ պրիզմատիկ աղբյուր”
  • Catalan: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Cebuano: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Chinese: “大棱镜”
  • Chinese: “大稜鏡溫泉”
  • Chuvash: “Мӑн призмӑллӑ ҫӑлкуҫ”
  • Czech: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Danish: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Dutch: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • French: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Georgian: “დიდი პრიზმული წყარო”
  • German: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Igbo: “Grand Prismatic Spring (Yellowstone)”
  • Igbo: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Indonesian: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Italian: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Japanese: “グランド・プリズマティック・スプリング”
  • Korean: “그랜드 프리즈매틱 스프링”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis ryškusis šaltinis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Macedonian: “Голем Призматичен Извор”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Persian: “چشمه منشوری بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Polish: “Wielkie Źródło Pryzmatyczne”
  • Portuguese: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Fonte Prismática”
  • Russian: “Большой призматический источник”
  • Slovenian: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki prizmatični izvir”
  • Spanish: “Gran Fuente Prismatica”
  • Spanish: “Gran Fuente Prismática”
  • Swedish: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Tamil: “பிரம்மாண்ட பட்டக ஊற்று”
  • Turkish: “Grand Prismatic Spring”
  • Turkish: “Grand Prismatik Springs”
  • Ukrainian: “Велике призматичне джерело”
  • Vietnamese: “Grand Prismatic Spring”

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