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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Giant Geyser. Giant Geyser is a cone-type geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Giant Geyser is the namesake for the Giant Group of geysers, which, on its platform, includes Bijou Geyser, Catfish Geyser, Mastiff Geyser, the "Platform Vents," and Turtle Geyser. Giant Geyser's Platform, a raised stone ...
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.
4,000–4,050 gallons per minute – when not erupting. Temperature. 199 °F (93 °C) [ 3 ] Excelsior Geyser Crater, formerly known as Excelsior Geyser, is a dormant fountain-type geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Excelsior was named by the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871.
Duration. 30 minutes. Temperature. 83.4 °C (182.1 °F) [ 1 ] Fountain Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States . Fountain is the dominant member of a group of geysers at the Fountain Paint Pots thermal area. [ 3 ] Morning Geyser, which erupts from a vent close to Fountain's, is larger, but ...
Updated July 24, 2024 at 8:38 AM. Visitors ran for safety at Yellowstone National Park after a hydrothermal explosion sent rock and steam spewing into the air north of the Old Faithful geyser ...