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Belgian Pool

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Type
  
Hot Spring

Elevation
  
2,237 m

Temperature
  
180 °F (82 °C)

Country
  
United States of America

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Location
  
Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, USA

Similar
  
Spasmodic Geyser, Sawmill Geyser, West Triplet Geyser, Big Cub Geyser, Penta Geyser

Belgian Pool is a hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Marginally named Oyster Spring, it was renamed after a visitor from Belgium fell into it in 1929 with fatal results. The spring is less hot than other features in the area, at about 180 °F (82 °C), but still sufficiently hot for severe thermal burns. References to a "Belgian Geyser" in the 1930s may refer to this feature.

Map of Belgian Pool, Wyoming, USA

References

Belgian Pool Wikipedia