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Iris Falls

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Iris Falls
2001
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LocationYellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming
Coordinates44°14′30″N 110°56′37″W / 44.24167°N 110.94361°W / 44.24167; -110.94361 (Iris Falls)[1]
Total height45 feet (14 m)
WatercourseBechler River

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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  1. ^ "Iris Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 137. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.