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Plateaus of Yellowstone National Park

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Relief map of Yellowstone showing location of plateaus

There are nine named plateaus in Yellowstone National Park. These plateaus are part of the much larger Yellowstone Plateau and dominate areas in the park south and west of the Gallatin and Absaroka mountain ranges. Four of the plateaus are from rhyolite lava flows that occurred between 110,000 and 70,000 years ago.[1]

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  1. ^ Smith, Robert Baer (2000). Windows into the earth: the geologic story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510596-6.
  2. ^ "Blacktail Deer Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Whittlesey, Lee H. (2006). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 53. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
  4. ^ "Buffalo Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ Whittlesey, Lee H. (2006). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 58. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
  6. ^ Trails Illustrated-Tower/Canyon, Yellowstone National Park (304) (Map) (Revised ed.). 1:63360. National Geographic Maps. 2008. ISBN 1-56695-435-5.
  7. ^ "Central Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  8. ^ "Madison Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  9. ^ Trails Illustrated-Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park (302) (Map) (Revised ed.). 1:63360. National Geographic Maps. 2008. ISBN 1-56695-433-9.
  10. ^ "Mirror Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  11. ^ Whittlesey, Lee H. (2006). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 172. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
  12. ^ "Pitchstone Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  13. ^ "Solfatara Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  14. ^ Whittlesey, Lee H. (2006). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 233. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
  15. ^ Trails Illustrated-Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park (303) (Map) (Revised ed.). 1:63360. National Geographic Maps. 2008. ISBN 1-56695-304-9.
  16. ^ "Trident Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  17. ^ Whittlesey, Lee H. (2006). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 252. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
  18. ^ "Two Ocean Plateau". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.