Bulger Geyser

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Bulger Geyser
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Bulger Geyser's crater in 2010
Location Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, USA
Coordinates 44°27′58″N110°50′13″W / 44.4660227°N 110.8369073°W / 44.4660227; -110.8369073 Coordinates: 44°27′58″N110°50′13″W / 44.4660227°N 110.8369073°W / 44.4660227; -110.8369073 [1]
Elevation7,333 feet (2,235 m)
Type Fountain geyser
Eruption height1–12 feet (0.30–3.66 m)
FrequencyFrequent
DurationSeconds to Minutes
Temperature198 °F (92 °C)

Bulger Geyser is located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bulger Geyser is 200 feet (61 m) south of Grand Geyser. [2] It erupts frequently, with both major and minor eruptions. As with most geysers, the minor eruptions are the most common. They have a duration of seconds. Major eruptions are infrequent, but they have durations as long as 12 minutes. Either way, the play consists of somewhat vigorous bursting 1–12 feet high.

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Bulger Geyser during an eruption in 1964 Bulger Geyser-Keller1964.jpg
Bulger Geyser during an eruption in 1964

See also

Geothermal areas of Yellowstone geyser basins and other geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park

The geothermal areas of Yellowstone include several geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park as well as other geothermal features such as hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. The number of thermal features in Yellowstone is estimated at 10,000. A study that was completed in 2011 found that a total of 1,283 geysers have erupted in Yellowstone, 465 of which are active during an average year. These are distributed among nine geyser basins, with a few geysers found in smaller thermal areas throughout the Park. The number of geysers in each geyser basin are as follows: Upper Geyser Basin (410), Midway Geyser Basin (59), Lower Geyser Basin (283), Norris Geyser Basin (193), West Thumb Geyser Basin (84), Gibbon Geyser Basin (24), Lone Star Geyser Basin (21), Shoshone Geyser Basin (107), Heart Lake Geyser Basin (69), other areas (33). Although famous large geysers like Old Faithful are part of the total, most of Yellowstone's geysers are small, erupting to only a foot or two. The hydrothermal system that supplies the geysers with hot water sits within an ancient active caldera. Many of the thermal features in Yellowstone build up sinter, geyserite, or travertine deposits around and within them.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bulger Geyser". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University . Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Bulger Geyser". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2011-02-12.


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