West Thumb
West Thumb is a bay in Teton, Wyoming and has an elevation of 7,736 feet. West Thumb is situated nearby to the hamlet Grant Village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Teton County, Wyoming, United States
- Address: WY
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fishing Cone and Abyss 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.
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.
Big Cone
Geyser
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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.
West Thumb
- Category: body of water
- Location: Teton, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.42772° or 44° 25′ 40″ northLongitude
-110.53243° or 110° 31′ 57″ westElevation
7,736 feet (2,358 metres)Open location code
85PFCFH9+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 369131993OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
“West Thumb” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Thumb”
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