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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]

This article is about the lake in Wyoming. For the one in Minnesota, see Turbid Lake (Minnesota).
Turbid Lake
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 4200 x 5000 x 100 foot (1280 x 1520 x 30 meter) 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.


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