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Name Alias(es): 
CoAxial Segment, 46 10'N
MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy: 
Vent Sites: 
Beard
Church
Mongo
Twin Spires
Maximum Temperature: 
294
Latitude: 
46.1550
Longitude: 
-129.8100
Location on map: 
Ocean: 
Region: 
National Jurisdiction: 
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl): 
2055
Minimum Depth (mbsl): 
Tectonic setting: 
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a): 
56.0
Volcano Number (if applicable): 
Host Rock: 
MORB, E-MORB
Deposit Type: 
LTH, fe-oxides and amorphous silica
Notes on Vent Field Description: 
CoAxial Segment; ca. 10 km to the SSE of the initial event swarms in 1993; http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/coax/coax.html
Notes Relevant to Biology: 
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first): 
1993 submersible Alvin
Discovery References (text): 
NEED CITATION.
Other References (text): 
Butterfield et al., Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 355, 369-386, 1997, Seafloor eruptions and evolution of hydrothermal fluid chemistry.