Turbid Lake

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Turbid Lake
Location Park County, Wyoming
Coordinates 44°33′00″N110°15′39″W / 44.549906°N 110.260925°W / 44.549906; -110.260925 Coordinates: 44°33′00″N110°15′39″W / 44.549906°N 110.260925°W / 44.549906; -110.260925
Type lake

Turbid Lake is a lake in Park County, Wyoming, in the United States. [1] Turbid Lake was so named on account of its muddy water. [2]

The lake is believed to have formed in the crater of a hydrothermal explosion some time around 1300 BC, which created a 4,200 by 5,000 by 100 ft (1,280 by 1,524 by 30 m) crater, the floor of which eventually filled up to form the lake.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turbid Lake
  2. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1872). 1st -12th Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories ... U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 190.