Dilemma Geyser
| Dilemma Geyser | |
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| Name origin | Unofficial |
| Location | Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 44°32′07″N 110°47′59″W / 44.5351872°N 110.799677°WCoordinates: 44°32′07″N 110°47′59″W / 44.5351872°N 110.799677°W[1] |
| Eruption height | 1 to 2 feet |
| Frequency | occasional |
Dilemma Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.[2] It is part of the Pink Cone complex. Other geysers in this group are Box Spring, Labial Geyser, Narcissus Geyser, Pink Geyser, and Pink Cone Geyser.
Eruptions of Dilemma Geyser vary from a few seconds to a few minutes and are high as 10 feet (3.0 m) in the spring with 1 to 4 feet (0.30 to 1.22 m) the rest of the year. The interval between eruptions is 2 to 10 minutes.
The name for Dilemma Geyser came from the fact that the two vents of this geyser are surrounded by distinct run-off channels that couldn't be explained by the tiny eruptions that the geyser had prior to 1989. The eruptions were so minute that they would barely splash a few drops above the grass. Starting in 1989, the eruptions became more forceful and began putting out enough water to explain the channels around the vents.[2]
References
- ↑ "Dilemma Geyser". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University.
- 1 2 "Pink Cone Group". Geyser Observation and Study Association (GOSA).
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