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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 Yellowstone, 465 of which are active during an average year. These are distributed among nine geyser basins, with a few geysers found in smaller thermal areas throughout the Park.
Joseph's Coat Springs Thermal Area 44°44′17″N 110°19′37″W / 44.73806°N 110.32694°W / 44.73806; -110.32694 ( Whistler White Dome Geyser
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 carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a ...
FILE - The iconic Old Faithful Geyser springs to life (every 90 minutes) in Yellowstone National Park's Upper Geyser Basin on September 18, 2022, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
The NPS also reported that the scalding water in Yellowstone's thermal areas can result in "severe or fatal burns," and many hot springs and geysers such as Old Faithful have extremely hot water ...
The "thermal areas" refer to Yellowstone's famous geysers, hot springs, gas vents, and other dangerous but fascinating phenomena borne of its location on top of a gigantic underground reserve of ...