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The geothermal areas of Yellowstone include several geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park as well as other geothermal features such as hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. The number of thermal features in Yellowstone is estimated at 10,000. [ 1 ] A study [ 2 ] that was completed in 2011 found that a total of 1,283 geysers have erupted in ...
List of Yellowstone geothermal features. Coordinates: 44°33′46″N 110°50′19″W. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. This is a sortable table of the notable geysers, hot springs, and other geothermal features in the geothermal areas of Yellowstone National Park . Geothermal features of Yellowstone.
6,735 feet (2,053 m) [ 1 ] Type. Hot spring complex. Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. [ 3 ] It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium ...
The Yellowstone Caldera, sometimes referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano, is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park in the Western United States. The caldera and most of the park are located in the northwest corner of the state of Wyoming. The caldera measures 43 by 28 miles (70 by 45 kilometers), and postcaldera ...
Steamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park 's Norris Geyser Basin, is the world's tallest active geyser. Steamboat Geyser has two vents, northern and southern, approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) apart. The north vent is responsible for the tallest water columns; the south vent's water columns are shorter. [ 3 ]
Type. Hot spring. Temperature. 69.8 °C (157.6 °F) [1] Depth. 23 feet (7 m) Northern section of Upper Geyser Basin. Morning Glory Pool is a hot spring in the Yellowstone Upper Geyser Basin of the United States. The spring is also known by the name Morning Glory Spring.
44°26′N 110°40′W / 44.43°N 110.67°W / 44.43; -110.67. The Yellowstone hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the United States responsible for large scale volcanism in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming, formed as the North American tectonic plate moved over it. It formed the eastern Snake River Plain through a succession ...
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