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Turbid Lake

This article is about the lake in Wyoming. For the one in Minnesota, see Turbid Lake (Minnesota).

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.

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.