Castle geyser

The Castle Geyser is a jet-like geyser in the upper geyser basin of Yellowstone National Park in the USA .

The name was him in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition awarded by Gustavus Cheyney Doane because it the cone of Geyserit resembled a castle ( English castle , castle ' ).

The Castle Geyser is one of the oldest geysers in the basin and has one of the largest cones. The age of the cone is estimated to be 5,000 to 15,000 years.

Its breakout pattern has changed significantly over the course of history. Nowadays, one can expect a major eruption from Castle Geyser every 10 to 12 hours. The outbreak lasts up to an hour. First of all, water is expelled for around 20 minutes, reaching heights of up to 27 m. This water fountain is followed by a 30 to 40 minute phase of noisy steam emission.