Steamboat geyser

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Steamboat geyser

The Steamboat Geyser (English Steamboat Geyser ) is currently the largest active geyser in the world. It is located in the Norris Geyser Basin , in Yellowstone National Park in the USA, at an altitude of 2303  m . The Steamboat Geyser has two mouths about five meters apart.

General

The water fountain can reach a height of over 90 meters. The highest ejection height ever measured is 130 meters. An eruption lasts 3 to 40 minutes, after which the geyser can emit water vapor for up to two days. The main eruptions are irregular; between two such eruptions there can be four days to 50 years, the geyser has completely irregular and unpredictable intervals. In between there are always smaller outbreaks of 3 to 5 meters in height. The geyser was inactive between 1911 and 1961. There was no main eruption between 1991 and 2000, but nine smaller eruptions that were completely irregular from May 2000 to September 2014. After an almost four-year break, an eruption has occurred relatively regularly since March 15, 2018, and this phase continues to this day. Since 2018, the geyser has been in its most active phase since observation began.

In the history of Yellowstone National Park, only two geysers reached greater heights than the Steamboat Geyser: The Excelsior Geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin and the Sapphire Pool in the Biscuit Basin.

The world's largest geyser was the Waimangu geyser in New Zealand, active between 1900 and 1904, with a throw height of up to 460 meters.

Current activity

The last major eruptions of the Steamboat Geyser in the past 12 months and the distance to the previous eruption (as of February 9, 2020):

  • 0March 4th 2019 (7 days)
  • March 11, 2019 (7 days)
  • March 17th 2019 (6 days)
  • March 25, 2019 (8 days)
  • 0April 8, 2019 (14 days)
  • April 25, 2019 (17 days)
  • 0May 3, 2019 (8 days)
  • 0May 8, 2019 (5 days)
  • May 13, 2019 (5 days)
  • May 20, 2019 (7 days)
  • May 27, 2019 (7 days)
  • 0June 1, 2019 (5 days)
  • 0June 7th 2019 (6 days)
  • June 12, 2019 (5 days)
  • June 15, 2019 (3 ​​days)
  • June 19, 2019 (4 days)
  • June 23, 2019 (4 days)
  • June 28, 2019 (5 days)
  • 04th July 2019 (6 days)
  • July 10, 2019 (6 days)
  • July 18, 2019 (8 days)
  • July 24th 2019 (6 days)
  • July 30th 2019 (6 days)
  • August 12, 2019 (13 days)
  • August 20, 2019 (8 days)
  • August 27, 2019 (7 days)
  • 0September 3, 2019 (7 days)
  • September 11, 2019 (8 days)
  • September 17, 2019 (6 days)
  • September 25, 2019 (8 days)
  • 0October 1, 2019 (6 days)
  • 0October 7, 2019 (6 days)
  • October 16, 2019 (9 days)
  • October 22, 2019 (6 days)
  • October 30, 2019 (8 days)
  • 0November 8, 2019 (9 days)
  • November 17, 2019 (9 days)
  • November 27, 2019 (10 days)
  • 0December 8, 2019 (11 days)
  • December 18, 2019 (10 days)
  • December 26th 2019 (8 days)
  • 0January 9, 2020 (14 days)
  • January 23, 2020 (14 days)
  • 0February 1, 2020 (9 days)

Historical activity

The number of main eruptions of the Steamboat geyser observed since 1878 is listed here. The uncertainty in the number is particularly high at the beginning of the time series.

year Number of main eruptions
1878 2
1890 1
1891 1
1892 1
1894 1
1902 1
1911 1
1961 1
1962 7th
1963 26th
1964 29
1965 22nd
1966 10
1967 3
1968 3
1969 2
1978 2
1979 1
1982 23
1983 12
1984 5
1989 3
1990 1
1991 1
2000 1
2002 2
2003 3
2005 1
2013 1
2014 1
2018 32
2019 48
2020 3

Web links

Commons : Steamboat Geyser  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Steamboat Geyser www.nps.gov/yell/, accessed January 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Volcano Hazards Program: Yellowstone Volcano Observatory . Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. November 28, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  3. https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/255Steamboat_2013_update.pdf
  4. https://geysertimes.org/geyser.php?id=Steamboat

Coordinates: 44 ° 43 ′ 27 "  N , 110 ° 42 ′ 4"  W.