Excelsior Geyser
Excelsior Geyser Crater, formerly known as Excelsior Geyser, is a dormant fountain-type geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Excelsior was named by Yellowstone superintendent P. W. Norris in 1881.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Geyser
- Description: geyser in Yellowstone National Park
- Also known as: “Excelsior Geyser Crater”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand Prismatic Spring and Turquoise Pool.
Grand Prismatic Spring
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, after Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand and Boiling Lake in Dominica.
Turquoise Pool
Hot spring
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Turquoise Pool is a hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Turquoise Pool has a temperature between 142 and 160 °F and was named by members of the Hayden Expedition of 1878.
Opal Pool
Geyser
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Opal Pool is a hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Opal Pool usually has a temperature of approximately 132 °F.
Excelsior Geyser
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Teton, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.52627° or 44° 31′ 35″ northLongitude
-110.83674° or 110° 50′ 12″ westElevation
7,257 feet (2,212 metres)Open location code
85PFG5G7+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 261810712OpenStreetMap feature
natural=geyserOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
5824832Wikidata ID
Q2703843
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Korean—“Excelsior Geyser” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Excelsior Geyser”
- Dutch: “Excelsior Geyser”
- French: “Excelsior Geyser”
- Korean: “익스켈시어 간헐천”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fountain Paint Pot area and Upper Geyser Basin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Excelsior Geyser and Turquoise Spring.
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