Ojo Caliente Spring

Ojo Caliente Spring
Ojo Caliente Spring, 1967
Location	Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°33′47″N 110°50′20″W / 44.5629852°N 110.8388101°W / 44.5629852; -110.8388101Coordinates: 44°33′47″N 110°50′20″W / 44.5629852°N 110.8388101°W / 44.5629852; -110.8388101 [1]
Elevation	7,182 feet (2,189 m) [2]
Temperature	94 °C (201 °F) [1]

Ojo Caliente Spring is a hot spring in Lower Geyser Basin, of Yellowstone National Park. It is in the River Group which includes Azure Spring,^[3] and is located a few yards off the Fountain Flats Freight Road on the northern bank of the Firehole River.

In Spanish Ojo Caliente means "hot eye". It is a superheated, alkaline spring which, on its northern end, boils constantly to a height of 12 to 20 inches (30 to 51 cm).^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Ojo Caliente Spring". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University. http://www.rcn.montana.edu/resources/features/feature.aspx?nav=11&id=3871. 
2. ^ "Ojo Caliente Spring". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1848564. 
3. ^ "River Group". http://www.geyserstudy.org/searchresults.aspx?pParams=1&pField=YNP&pBasin=LOWER&pComplex=RIVER. 
4. ^ "Geysers – Lower Geyser Basin". YellowstoneNationalPark.com. http://www.yellowstonenationalpark.com/lowergeyser.htm.