Grand Geyser

Grand Geyser
Grand Geyser
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Name originNamed during 1871 Hayden Geological Survey
LocationUpper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming
Coordinates44°28′00″N 110°50′18″W / 44.4665996°N 110.8382669°W / 44.4665996; -110.8382669"Grand Geyser". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University.
Elevation7,329 feet (2,234 m) [1]
TypeFountain geyser
Eruption height200 feet (61 m)
Frequency6 to 7 hours
Duration9 to 12 minutes
Southern section of Upper Geyser Basin

Grand Geyser is a fountain geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. It is the tallest predictable geyser known. It was named by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden in 1871.[2]

  1. ^ "Grand Geyser". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Bauer, Clyde Max (1947). Yellowstone Geysers. Yellowstone Park, Wyoming: Haynes. OCLC 1517713.

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