Porkchop Geyser

Porkchop Geyser (HM1NRZ)

Location: Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 Park County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 43.335', W 110° 42.464'

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The upended rocks before you are the result of Porkchop Geyser's hydrothermal explosion in 1989. Porkchop's vent failed to relieve a surge in underground pressure; it exploded creating another chapter in the geyser's dramatic history of change. Porkchop has behaved as a quiet hot spring, a geyser, a perpetual spouter, and after the explosion, a hot spring again. Geologists attribute changes like the 1989 explosion to geologic events underground - heat shifts, earthquakes, mineral build-up, and pressure changes. Exactly which event often remains a mystery.
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HM NumberHM1NRZ
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 523146 N 4952138
Decimal Degrees44.72225000, -110.70773333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 43.335', W 110° 42.464'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 43' 20.1" N, 110° 42' 27.84" W
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Area Code(s)307
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Unnamed Road, Yellowstone National Park WY 82190, US
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