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The Back Basin is a section of Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, containing a diverse array of geothermal features including mudpots, geysers, and hot springs. Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest and most acidic thermal area in Yellowstone. Steamboat Geyser, located in the Ba...
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World-class geothermal basin featuring Steamboat Geyser and diverse features, with strong ratings; long walks and unpredictable eruptions temper satisfaction.
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Duchess Geyser is a hydrothermal feature in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It belongs to a thermal landscape known for intense and changeable geothermal activity, including geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and other heated ground features. Norris is near the intersect...
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Known Yellowstone feature with intermittent energetic activity, but irregular performance and limited scale prevent stronger acclaim.
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Dark Cavern Geyser is a geyser in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, named for the deep, shadowed underground cavern forming its vent.
Dabble Geyser is a small thermal feature in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, an area known for acidic hot springs, fumaroles, and geysers. It is located in the Back Basin and has been included in scientific monitoring of Yellowstone's geothermal activity. Measurements recorded i...
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Small, playful activity appeals to dedicated observers, but low height, limited reliability, and obscurity constrain consensus quality.
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Found within Yellowstone National Park, USA, Rocky Geyser is a backcountry thermal feature distinguished by its rocky sinter cone and cyclic eruptions.
Orby Geyser is a small geyser in Yellowstone's Norris Back Basin, also historically called Butch or Orbicular Geyser and photographed there in 1979.
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Obscure minor feature with limited documentation, scale, accessibility, and established visitor or scientific reputation.
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A geyser in Yellowstone National Park's Lower Geyser Basin, USA, catalogued as part of the Fountain Group of historically documented thermal features.
Situated in Yellowstone's Shoshone Geyser Basin, this unusual backcountry geyser is named for its tendency to change the location of its active vent across the geyserite crust.
Spa Geyser is a hydrothermal feature in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, specifically within the Porcelain Basin area. It is known for forceful eruptions from a mineral-rich vent and belongs to one of Yellowstone's active geothermal fields. Its behavior can vary as underground w...
A geyser in Yellowstone National Park's Lower Geyser Basin, USA, bearing an unusual name derived from an Algonquian word repurposed in 19th-century American political slang.
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