Clepsydra Geyser Explained

Clepsydra Geyser
Location:	Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming
Coordinates:	44.5541°N -110.8105°W^[1]
Elevation:	7254feet
Hot Spring Type:	Cone geyser
Height:	45feet
Frequency:	Constant

Clepsydra Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

Clepsydra plays nearly continuously to heights of .^[2]

History

It was named by T. B. Comstock during the 1878 Captain Jones expedition,^[3] with its nomenclature derived from the Greek word for water clock. Prior to the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, it erupted regularly every three minutes.^[4]

Notes and References

1. 3634. Clepsydra Geyser.
2. Web site: 2006 . Clepsydra Geyser . Geyser Observation and Study Association (GOSA) . 2010-10-26 . 2010-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100929054600/http://geyserstudy.org/geyser.aspx?pGeyserNo=CLEPSYDRA . dead .
3. Book: Bauer, Clyde Max . The Story of Yellowstone Geysers . Haynes Inc. . St Paul, MN . 1937 . 97.
4. Web site: Clepsydra Geyser . Fountain Paint Pot Nature Trail Tour . National Park Service.