Turbid Lake

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]

Turbid Lake
Location of the lake in Wyoming.
Location of the lake in Wyoming.
Turbid Lake
LocationPark County, Wyoming
Coordinates44.549906°N 110.260925°W / 44.549906; -110.260925
Typelake

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.

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