description Dark Cavern Geyser Overview
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.
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Where is Dark Cavern Geyser located in Yellowstone?
It is in the Porcelain Basin thermal complex of Norris Geyser Basin, in the Gibbon Canyon area. The Yellowstone Research Coordination Network lists its coordinates as 44.72757, -110.7037 and its inventory ID as NPB049. [Feature record](https://rcn.montana.edu/Features/Detail.aspx?id=6910)
Why is it called Dark Cavern Geyser?
The name refers to its shadowed cavern-like vent and the dark iron sulfide staining visible in its sinter channel. A USGS photograph from September 3, 1954 shows the geyser near Black Growler fumarole. [USGS report](https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1456/pp1456_text.pdf)
Does Dark Cavern Geyser have a published eruption schedule?
No reliable public interval is given in the available feature record. That record documents a survey on June 25, 1998, but lists no eruption timetable, so visitors should not plan around a scheduled display. [Feature record](https://rcn.montana.edu/Features/Detail.aspx?id=6910)
How is Dark Cavern Geyser different from Steamboat Geyser?
They are separate named features within Norris Geyser Basin. Dark Cavern is cataloged in Porcelain Basin, while Steamboat is the better-known major geyser whose eruptions can be highly irregular. [National Park Service](https://home.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/hydrothermal-systems.htm)
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