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Yokosuka

Name Alias(es): 
Vent Sites: 
Shisa
Neuschwanstein
Hohenschwangau
Heidelberg
Maximum Temperature: 
364
Max Temperature Category: 
Latitude: 
25.2638
Longitude: 
124.3733
Location on map: 
Ocean: 
National Jurisdiction: 
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl): 
2190
Tectonic setting: 
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a): 
43.5
Volcano Number (if applicable): 
Host Rock: 
NotProvided
Deposit Type: 
NotProvided
Notes on Vent Field Description: 
position and temperature given for Hohenschwangau site; see section 3.1 Overview of the Yokosuka site for host rock type (Miyazaki J et al. 2017); as for 2017 it is the deepest vent field known in the Okinawa Trough
Notes Relevant to Biology: 
see section 3.3 for microbial and 3.4 for megabenthos composition (Miyazaki J et al. 2017)
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first): 
2016 ROV Kaiko; 2014 plume only
Discovery References (text): 
Miyazaki J et al. (2017) Deepest and hottest hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough: the Yokosuka site at Yaeyama Knoll. R. Soc. open sci. 4: 171570. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171570
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