Beryl Spring

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Beryl Spring
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Beryl Spring
Beryl Spring
LocationGibbon Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Coordinates 44°40′45″N110°44′49″W / 44.6791015°N 110.7468765°W / 44.6791015; -110.7468765 [1]
Elevation7,398 feet (2,255 m) [2]
Type Hot spring
Eruption height1-4 feet
FrequencyNear constant
DurationNear constant
Temperature83.3 °C (181.9 °F) [1]

Beryl Spring is a hot spring in the Gibbon Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. It is a large superheated pool, and boils up to a height of 4 feet.

One of the hottest springs in Yellowstone, averaging 196 °F (91 °C)., [3] Beryl Spring was named by the U.S. Geological Survey Hague party in 1883 for the blue-green color which reminded a party member of the gemstone beryl. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Beryl Spring". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University.
  2. "Beryl Spring". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. Fournier, R. O.; Weltman, U.; Counce, D.; White, L. D.; Janik, C. J. (2002). "Results Of Weekly Chemical And Isotopic Monitoring Of Selected Springs In Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park During June-September, 1995" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Interior & U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-08.
  4. "Beryl Spring". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2004-04-30.