Grand Geyser | |
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![]() Grand Geyser | |
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Name origin | Named during 1871 Hayden Geological Survey |
Location | Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming |
Coordinates | 44°28′00″N 110°50′18″W / 44.4665996°N 110.8382669°W"Grand Geyser". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University. |
Elevation | 7,329 feet (2,234 m) [1] |
Type | Fountain geyser |
Eruption height | 200 feet (61 m) |
Frequency | 6 to 7 hours |
Duration | 9 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]