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Old Faithfull Geyser is located in a volcano hot bed of 13 other geysers, in Yellowstone National Park. Each geyser goes off at different times in the same area. But Old Faithfull geyser has been the most active and the most time predictable. The names of the other geysers are: The Grand geyser, The Giant, The Beehive, The Lion, The Plume, The Anernone, the Aurum, and the Giantess geysers. Yellowstone Old Faithful Geyser An eruption can shoot 3,700–8,400 gallons (14,000–32,000 l) of boiling water to a height of 106-184 feet, lasting from 1 - 5 minutes. The average height of an eruption is 145 feet. The intervals range from 65-92 minutes with 91 minutes being the average. More than 137,000 eruptions have been recorded. |