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=== El Tatio, Chile ===
[[File:ElTatioMovie.ogg|alt=Video of bubbling geyser, with sound.|thumb|right|A geyser bubbling at [[El Tatio]] geyser field]]
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The name "El Tatio" comes from the [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]] word for ''oven''. El Tatio is located in the high valleys of the [[Andes]] in [[Chile]], surrounded by many active volcanoes, at around {{convert|4200|m}} above mean sea level. The valley is home to approximately 80 geysers at present. It became the largest geyser field in the Southern Hemisphere after the destruction of many of the New Zealand geysers, and is the third largest geyser field in the world. The salient feature of these geysers is that the height of their eruptions is very low, the tallest being only {{convert|6|m|spell=in}} high, but with steam columns that can be over {{convert|20|m}} high. The average geyser eruption height at El Tatio is about {{convert|750|mm}}.<ref name="uweb" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Glennon |first1=JA |author1-link=John Alan Glennon |last2=Pfaff |first2=RM |year=2003 |title=The extraordinary thermal activity of El Tatio Geyser Field, Antofagasta Region, Chile |journal=Geyser Observation and Study Association (GOSA) Transactions |volume=8 |pages=31–78}}</ref>