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Ojo Caliente Spring
Ojo Caliente Spring, 1967Location Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Coordinates 44°33′47″N 110°50′20″W / 44.5629852°N 110.8388101°WCoordinates: 44°33′47″N 110°50′20″W / 44.5629852°N 110.8388101°W [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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "River Group". http://www.geyserstudy.org/searchresults.aspx?pParams=1&pField=YNP&pBasin=LOWER&pComplex=RIVER.
- ^ "Geysers – Lower Geyser Basin". YellowstoneNationalPark.com. http://www.yellowstonenationalpark.com/lowergeyser.htm.
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