The outline of the rock once resembled a teapot and gave its name to several man-made and natural features , including a geologic structural uplift known as the Teapot Dome , and an oil field about east .
The outline of the rock once resembled a teapot and gave its name to several man-made and natural features , including a geologic structural uplift known as the Teapot Dome , and an oil field about 6 mi east .