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World geyser counts
World geyser locations

Highest geysers in the world

Geysers on postage stamps

Geysers on other planets and satellites


Geyser links


Information on specific geyser fields:

Yellowstone National Park
Located in the northwest corner of Wyoming (and extending into Montana and Idaho), contains about 540 active geysers (over half of the world's total). Principal basins include:
  • Upper Geyser Basin (44.47° N, 110.84° W),
  • Midway Geyser Basin (44.52° N, 110.83° W),
  • Lower Geyser Basin (44.55° N, 110.81° W),
  • Gibbon Geyser Basin (44.69° N, 110.74° W).
  • Norris Geyser Basin (44.73° N, 110.70° W),
  • West Thumb Geyser Basin (44.42° N, 110.57° W),
  • Heart Lake Geyser Basin (44.29° N, 110.51° W),
  • Shoshone Geyser Basin (44.35° N, 110.80° W),
Yellowstone geyser basins
Yellowstone geyser distribution

Yellowstone geyser counts

Some Yellowstone geyser pictures

List of Steamboat Geyser eruptions

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Dolina Geizerov, Kronotsky National Biosphere Preserve, Russia
Located in Kamchatka, Russia, within Kronotsky Zapovednik (Kronotsky Strict Nature Reserve, or Kronotsky National Biosphere Preserve) at 54.44° N, 160.14° E. Dolina Geizerov or "Valley of the Geysers" contains about 140 active geysers. A mudslide on 3 June 2007 buried dozens of geysers and flooded others by damming the Geysernaya River.

Map of Kronotsky Preserve
Kronotsky region seen from space (NASA image)

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El Tatio, Chile
Located in northern Chile at 22.34° S, 68.02° W, this field contains about 80 active geysers.

Location of El Tatio geyser basin

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North Island, New Zealand
Several basins on the North Island total about 76 active geysers. About 70% of New Zealand's geysers are extinct, mostly due to geothermal energy development. Main geyser basins (with approximate locations) include:
  • Orakei Korako (38.47° S, 176.15° E), about 33 active geysers and 42 extinct (flooded by a manmade lake),
  • Waimangu and Waikite (38.28° S, 176.40 E), about 17 active or dormant geysers,
  • Whakarewarewa and Rotorua (38.16° S, 176.26° E), about 14 active or dormant geysers and 70 extinct (killed by geothermal energy development)
  • Waiotapu (38.36° S, 176.37° E), about 9 active geysers,
  • Tokaanu, Waihi, Hipaua, and Tongariro (38.98° S, 175.77° E), about 8 active geysers.
  • Wairakei/Geyser Valley and Taupo (38.62° S, 176.08° E), about 36 extinct geysers (killed by geothermal energy development)

Map of New Zealand geyser locations

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Iceland
Geysers are scattered across Iceland in many locations, encompassing about 37 active or dormant geysers. About 50% of Iceland's geysers are extinct as a result of geothermal energy development. Current geyser basins (with approximate locations) include:
  • Hveravellir (64.87° N, 19.56°' W), about 16 active geysers,
  • Haukadalur (64.31° N, 20.30°' W), about 9 active or dormant geysers,
  • Reykholt area (64.7° N, 21.3°' W), about 9 active or dormant geysers,
  • Hveragerdi (64.02° N, 21.19°' W), about 3 active geysers and 18 extinct (killed by geothermal energy development),
  • Reykjahverfi (65.89° N, 17.31°' W), about 3 active geysers.

Map of Iceland geyser locations

Satellite view of Iceland (image credit: MODIS/NASA)

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General Yellowstone resources:

Yellowstone from space (NASA images)

Relief map of Yellowstone (derived from NPS base map) (under construction)

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Banner image: Solitary Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone NP in 2000 (credit: Johnston, © 2000).

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