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{{Infobox hot spring
| name = Big Cone
| photo = Big cone.jpg
| photo_width = 
| photo_caption = Big Cone Geyser
| name_origin = 
| location = West Thumb Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, [[Teton County, Wyoming]]
| coordinates = {{coord|44.4175994|-110.5705999|region:US-WY|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<ref name="rcn">{{cite rcn|9688|Big Cone}}</ref>
| elevation = {{convert|7864|ft|m}}<ref>{{cite gnis|1953496|Big Cone}}</ref> 
| hot_spring_type = Cone-type Geyser
| height = <1 foot
| duration = 
| frequency = Rare
| discharge = Seeping
| temperature = 
| depth = 
| map_image = WestThumbGeyserBasin-Big Cone.jpg
| map_caption = West Thumb Geyser Basin
| map_width = 
}}

'''Big Cone''' is a [[geyser]] in the [[Geothermal areas of Yellowstone#West Thumb Geyser Basin|West Thumb Geyser Basin]] of [[Yellowstone National Park]] in the [[United States]].

Big Cone is a {{convert|7|m|ft}} wide sinter cone that rises from Yellowstone Lake about {{convert|7|m|ft}} from the shoreline. The vent of the cone is {{convert|80|cm|in}} wide.<ref name="rcn"/> At times of increased water level in the lake, the cone may be submerged completely.<ref name="rcn"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/tours/westthumb/bigcone.htm |title=Big Cone |work=West Thumb Geyser Basin Tour |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521042754/http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/tours/westthumb/bigcone.htm |archivedate=2010-05-21 }}</ref> Big Cone is known to undergo rare eruptions 1 foot high or less.{{cn|date=April 2018}}

==References==
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{{Lake (Yellowstone)}}
{{Wyoming}}

[[Category:Geysers of Wyoming]]
[[Category:Geothermal features of Teton County, Wyoming]]
[[Category:Geothermal features of Yellowstone National Park]]
[[Category:Geysers of Teton County, Wyoming]]