Beryl Spring Explained

Beryl Spring
Location:	Gibbon Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Coordinates:	44.6791°N -110.7469°W
Elevation:	7398feet
Hot Spring Type:	Hot Spring
Height:	1-4 feet
Duration:	Near constant
Frequency:	Near constant
Temperature:	83.3C^[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 196F.,^[2] 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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. 1720. Beryl Spring.
2. Web site: 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 . U.S. Department of the Interior & U.S. Geological Survey . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608192808/http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-344/of02-344.pdf?page=43 . 2011-06-08 .
3. Web site: Beryl Spring . National Park Service . https://web.archive.org/web/20040430215119/http://www.nps.gov/yell/nature/nhighlights/picpages/berylsprng.htm . 2004-04-30.