Sheepeater Cliffs
The Sheepeater Cliffs are a series of exposed cliffs made up of columnar basalt in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The lava was deposited about 200–300,000 years ago by an extinct volcano which now sits on the opposite side of the Grand Loop Road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 6,867 feet
- Description: cliff in Park County, Wyoming, United States of America
- Also known as: “Sheepeater Cliff”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Osprey Falls and Bunsen Peak.
Osprey Falls
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Osprey Falls is a waterfall on the Gardner River in northwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Osprey Falls has a drop of approximately 150 feet. The falls are located within Sheepeater Canyon and are reachable via the Osprey Falls trail.
Bunsen Peak
Peak
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Bunsen Peak el. 8,564 feet is a prominent peak due south of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The peak lies on the east flank of Kingman Pass on the Mammoth to Norris section of the Grand Loop Road.
Kingman Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Orange Suede Sofa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingman Pass el. 7,119 feet is a mountain pass between Terrance Mountain and Bunsen Peak on the Grand Loop Road, just south of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Kingman Pass is situated 2½ miles west of Sheepeater Cliffs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mammoth.
Mammoth
Village
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mammoth is a census-designated place in Park County, Wyoming, United States, in Yellowstone National Park. As of the 2010 census, its population was 263. Mammoth is situated 3 miles north of Sheepeater Cliffs.
Sheepeater Cliffs
- Category: landform
- Location: Park, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.93299° or 44° 55′ 59″ northLongitude
-110.6766° or 110° 40′ 36″ westElevation
6,867 feet (2,093 metres)Open location code
85PFW8MF+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 356504055OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Sheepeater Cliffs” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sheepeater Cliffs”
- Chinese: “吃羊人崖”
- French: “Sheepeater Cliff”
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