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Coordinates: 44°02′33″N 110°10′30″W / 44.04250°N 110.17500°W / 44.04250; -110.17500
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==Recreation==
==Recreation==
The [[Continental Divide Trail]] reaches this location in northern [[Wyoming]]. It is accessible by foot or horseback from the south via Brooks Lake Trail head off of Highway 287 or from the north via an extensive hike from Fox Park near Yellowstone National Park's southern border.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Wyoming's Continental Divide Trail|last = Davis|first = Lora|publisher = Westcliffe Publishers, Inc.|year = 2000|isbn = 1-56579-332-3|pages = 242–249}}</ref>
The [[Continental Divide Trail]] reaches this location in northern [[Wyoming]]. It is accessible by foot or horseback from the south via Brooks Lake Trail head off of Highway 287 or from the north via an extensive hike from Fox Park near Yellowstone National Park's southern border.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Wyoming's Continental Divide Trail|last = Davis|first = Lora|publisher = Westcliffe Publishers, Inc.|year = 2000|isbn = 1-56579-332-3|pages = 242–249}}</ref>

==Fish dispersal==
The pass is thought to have provided access for the [[Yellowstone cutthroat trout]] to have colonized [[Yellowstone Lake]] and the rest of the [[Yellowstone River]] watershed above [[Yellowstone Falls|Lower Falls]].<ref name="carlson">{{cite web |last1=Carlson |first1=Annie |title=Two Ocean Pass–A place where fish can swim over the Continental Divide! |url=https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/two-ocean-pass-place-where-fish-can-swim-over-continental-divide |website=usgs.gov |access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> Similarly, it has been considered as an alternative explanation for the arrival of non-native [[lake trout]] in Yellowstone Lake, which has traditionally been attributed to illegal or accidental [[fish stocking|stocking]].<ref name="detjens">{{cite journal |last1=Koel |first1=Todd M. |last2=Detjens |first2=Colleen R. |last3=Zale |first3=Alexander V. |title=Two Ocean Pass: An alternative hypothesis for the invasion of Yellowstone Lake by lake trout, and implications for future invasions |journal=Water |date=2020 |volume=12 |issue=6 |page=1629 |doi=10.3390/w12061629 |url=https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061629 |access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 02:02, 22 March 2022

Two Ocean Pass
Modified portion of the USGS Two Ocean Pass Quadrangle[1]
Elevation8,130 ft (2,478 m)[2]
Traversed byNorth Two Ocean Creek
LocationTeton County, Wyoming
RangeAbsaroka Range
Coordinates44°02′33″N 110°10′30″W / 44.04250°N 110.17500°W / 44.04250; -110.17500
Topo mapUSGS Two Ocean Pass
DesignatedOctober 1965

Two Ocean Pass is a mountain pass on North America's Continental Divide, in the Teton Wilderness, which is part of Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. The pass is notable for Parting of the Waters, where one stream, North Two Ocean Creek, splits into two distributaries, Pacific Creek and Atlantic Creek, at Parting of the Waters National Natural Landmark. These two creeks ultimately flow into their respective oceans.[3] Atlantic Creek water eventually flows into the Yellowstone River and empties into the Gulf of Mexico via the Missouri River and Mississippi River. Pacific Creek water eventually flows into the Snake River and empties into the Pacific via the Columbia River.

Recreation

The Continental Divide Trail reaches this location in northern Wyoming. It is accessible by foot or horseback from the south via Brooks Lake Trail head off of Highway 287 or from the north via an extensive hike from Fox Park near Yellowstone National Park's southern border.[4]

Fish dispersal

The pass is thought to have provided access for the Yellowstone cutthroat trout to have colonized Yellowstone Lake and the rest of the Yellowstone River watershed above Lower Falls.[5] Similarly, it has been considered as an alternative explanation for the arrival of non-native lake trout in Yellowstone Lake, which has traditionally been attributed to illegal or accidental stocking.[6]

References

  1. ^ Two Ocean Pass Quadrangle, Wyoming-Teton Co. USGS Topographic Quadrangle, 1996: Note the 1996 quad does not show a split in the continental divide; however both the 1959 Two Ocean Pass, Wyoming 15 minute quadrangle and the 1982 Yellowstone National Park South, Wyo. 30x60 minute quad do show a split in the continental divide which includes the drainage basins of both North Two Ocean Creek and South Two Ocean Creek. The divide split is 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) in length.
  2. ^ "Two Ocean Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  3. ^ Two Ocean Pass, National Natural Landmarks
  4. ^ Davis, Lora (2000). Wyoming's Continental Divide Trail. Westcliffe Publishers, Inc. pp. 242–249. ISBN 1-56579-332-3.
  5. ^ Carlson, Annie. "Two Ocean Pass–A place where fish can swim over the Continental Divide!". usgs.gov. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ Koel, Todd M.; Detjens, Colleen R.; Zale, Alexander V. (2020). "Two Ocean Pass: An alternative hypothesis for the invasion of Yellowstone Lake by lake trout, and implications for future invasions". Water. 12 (6): 1629. doi:10.3390/w12061629. Retrieved 22 March 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  7. ^ Barton Warren Evermann: Two-Ocean Pass. In: Popular Science Monthly. V. 47, 1895, pp. 175–186