Ojo Caliente Spring Explained

Ojo Caliente Spring
Location:Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Coordinates:44.563°N -110.8388°W
Elevation:7182feet
Temperature:94C

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,[1] 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 12inchesto20inchesin (toin).[2]

References

44.5629°N -110.8388°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: River Group . 2010-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101129162442/http://geyserstudy.org/searchresults.aspx?pParams=1&pField=YNP&pBasin=LOWER&pComplex=RIVER . 2010-11-29 . dead .
  2. Web site: Geysers – Lower Geyser Basin . YellowstoneNationalPark.com .