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Whale's Mouth

A large wide hole in the rock is filled with hot, blue water. The hole resembles a large mouth.

This hot spring was named by a park naturalist in 1967 because its shape "resembles the mouth and gullet of a giant fish". This is regarded by many as an especially peculiar thing for a naturalist to say since whales are not fish.

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Last Updated: Friday, 18-May-2007 18:17:24 Eastern Daylight Time
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