Iris Falls
Waterfall in Teton County, Wyoming
44°14′30″N 110°56′37″W / 44.24167°N 110.94361°W / 44.24167; -110.94361 (Iris Falls)[1]Iris Falls (height 45 feet (14 m)) is a waterfall on the Bechler River in Yellowstone National Park. Iris Falls is located just upstream from Colonnade Falls and is accessible via the Bechler River Trail. The falls were named in 1885 by members of the Arnold Hague Geological Survey for Iris, the mythological Greek goddess of the rainbow.[2]
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- ^ "Iris Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 137. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
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Yellowstone National Park - Cascade Corner
Rivers, waterfalls, peaks and lakes in the Cascade Corner (Southwest) section of the park
- Bechler River
- Fall River
- Lewis River
- Bechler Falls
- Colonnade Falls
- Iris Falls
- Lewis Falls
- Moose Falls
- Terraced Falls
- Union Falls
- Douglas Knob
- Shoshone Lake
- Trischman Knob
- List of Yellowstone National Park related articles
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