Abyss Pool
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Name originChief Park Naturalist Clyde M. Bauer
TypeHot spring pool
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| Name origin | Chief Park Naturalist Clyde M. Bauer |
| Location | West Thumb Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 44°25′06″N 110°34′21″W / 44.4182082°N 110.5725264°W[1] |
| Type | Hot spring pool |
| Temperature | 181 °F (83 °C)[1] |
| Depth | 53 feet (16 m) |
 West Thumb Geyser Basin | |
Abyss Pool is a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
The pool was named by Chief Park Naturalist Clyde M. Bauer, possibly after a reference to Lieutenant G.C. Doane's 1870 description of a spring in this area which spoke of the visibility of objects in the "deep abysses" of the pool.[2] A visitor in 1883 described it as "a great, pure, sparkling sapphire rippling with heat.".[1]
