Johnston's Archive Geyser Resources plus Yellowstone Resources

World geyser counts

World geyser locations

Highest geysers in the world

Geysers on postage stamps

Geysers on other planets and satellites

Geyser links

• Geyser Observation and Study Association--regarding the geysers of Yellowstone and other areas.

• World Geyser Links--WyoJone's Geyser Pages by Gregory L. Jones

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 Links: Old Faithful WebCam Yellowstone Park, Geysers and other such things Yellowstone Thermal Volunteer Page by Lew Johns and Jan Johns Yellowstone's Geysers Funkygeyserman's Yellowstone Headquarters by Matthew McLean Investigations of the Patterns of Minor and Major Activity of Steamboat Geyser, 1982-1984 by Paul Strasser, Suzanne Strasser and Bill Pulliam (1989) (GOSA--reproduced from GOSA Transactions) Black Sand Basin History by Rocco Paperiello (GOSA) Geyser Activity Logs compiled by Lynn Stephens (GOSA) Global Volcanism Program: Yellowstone

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) Links: Valley of Geysers, Kamchatka Kronotsky National Biosphere Reserve (travel information web site) Map of Kronotsky National Biosphere Preserve Valley of the Geysers Kamchatka--Fog, Geysers and Raindeer by Meg Weston and Bob Bradley Valley of Geysers--what actually happened (information on the 2007 landslide)

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 Links: El Tatio Geysers, Atacama Desert, Chile Tatio Geysers Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex (APVC)

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 Links: Seeing Geysers in New Zealand Geothermal Activity in Rotorua Wai-o-Tapu Thermal Wonderland Waimangu Volcanic Valley Geothermal Resources in New Zealand An Overview by Trevor M. Hunt Photographs of mud eruption in Rotorua

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) Links: Geysir in Haukadalur Virtually Virtual Iceland: The Great Geysir

General Yellowstone resources:

Yellowstone from space (NASA images)

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

Links:

• National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park
• GORP--Yellowstone National Park
• NPS: Technical Information from Our Scientists and Specialists (NPS)
• NPS: The State of the Park, Yellowstone (NPS)
• Wildfires: Yellowstone Fires and their Legacy by Rocky Barker, 1996 (Idaho Post Register)
• Yellowstone Journal Online
• Cougar locations
• Life at High Temperatures by Thomas D. Brock, 24 Mar 1999 (Univ. of Wisconsin)
• Summary of Hebgen Lake 1959 Earthquake (Univ. of Utah)
• Greater Yellowstone Coalition
• Yellowstone Association

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

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