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Location | Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming |
Coordinates | 44°14′19″N 110°56′53″W / 44.23861°N 110.94806°W[1] |
Total height | Upper 35 feet (11 m), Lower 67 feet (20 m) |
Watercourse | Bechler River |
Colonnade Falls ht. upper 35 feet (11 m), ht. lower 67 feet (20 m) is a set of two waterfalls on the Bechler River in Yellowstone National Park. Colonnade Falls is accessible via the Bechler River Trail. The falls were named in 1885 by members of the Arnold Hague Geological Survey probably because the falls resemble a row of columns at regular intervals.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ "Colonnade Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Rubinstein, Paul (2000). The Guild to Yellowstone Waterfalls. Westcliffe Publishers, Inc. p. 97. ISBN 1-56597-351-x.
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