Alarcon Rise/Pescadero intersection |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
Gulf of California |
23.6423 |
-108.3948 |
2384 |
2015 ROV Doc Ricketts did not confirm activity |
EPR, southern 16 N segment |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
N EPR |
15.5000 |
-105.4000 |
2300 |
1997 plume only |
Knipovich Ridge, 77 40'N |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
Knipovich Ridge |
77.6300 |
7.5800 |
3000 |
2000 plume only |
North FAMOUS |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
N MAR |
36.9670 |
-32.9670 |
2500 |
1994 plume only |
N-ELSC, plume 27 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-19.7500 |
-176.0190 |
2570 |
2004 plume only; 2009 plume only |
SEIR-WXC22 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-50.2500 |
132.1000 |
2950 |
2015 plume only |
Tonga Arc, Volcano D |
active, inferred |
arc volcano |
Tonga Arc |
-19.4500 |
-174.9167 |
760 |
2004 plume only |
Gakkel Ridge, 7.5 E |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
Gakkel Ridge |
85.0167 |
7.4500 |
3600 |
2001 plume only |
SWIR, 63.9 E |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SWIR |
-27.8510 |
63.9230 |
2759 |
2009 DY115-20 Leg 7 (need reference to confirm activity) |
GEISEIR site 23, segment M2 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-42.0272 |
89.2205 |
2400 |
2009 plume only |
EPR, 2 S, off-axis |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
S EPR |
-2.0840 |
-102.8270 |
3000 |
2008 plume only |
MTJ, T08C05 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.5134 |
-174.7407 |
2100 |
2008 plume only |
GEISEIR site 12, segment K4 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-42.6600 |
83.0366 |
2600 |
2010 plume only |
West Valley |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
JdF Ridge |
48.4833 |
-129.0417 |
3000 |
1987 and 1988 deposits only (towed camera did not confirm activity) |
EPR, 28.7 S, Segment W4 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
S EPR |
-28.7000 |
-112.9880 |
2350 |
1998 plume only |
New World Seamount |
active, inferred |
arc volcano |
Tabar-Feni Arc |
-2.8333 |
152.5333 |
1200 |
2000 or earlier (cruise FR04/00 implies that they already suspected hydrothermal activity); 1994 seamount discovered |
SWIR, Plume 3, Segment 16 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SWIR |
-30.8500 |
59.3830 |
3900 |
1997 plume only |
Landing Stage |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SWIR |
-37.5000 |
51.0000 |
2300 |
2014 leg 2 or 3 of the 30th Chinese Cruise |
GEISEIR site 34, segment O3 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-47.4145 |
97.4373 |
2700 |
2009 plume only |
MAR, 33 S |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
S MAR |
-32.9676 |
-14.4517 |
2600 |
2013 plume only |
GEISEIR site 2, segment J4 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-41.2520 |
79.1030 |
2800 |
1996 plume and dredge only |
MAR, 25 S |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
S MAR |
-25.3350 |
-13.6305 |
2570 |
2013 plume only |
Central Andaman Trough, seamount crater, dredge 6 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Andaman Basin |
10.0000 |
94.0000 |
1640 |
1994 deposits only |
Gorda Ridge, EP96A |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
Gorda Ridge |
42.6790 |
-126.7820 |
3150 |
1996 camera/temperature tow followed by ROV did not confirm hydrothermal activity |
Tonga Arc, Volcano J1 |
active, inferred |
arc volcano |
Tonga Arc |
-17.2400 |
-173.9500 |
560 |
2004 plume only |
CIR, 8-17 S, Segment 5, 12.6 S |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
CIR |
-12.6000 |
66.1000 |
3800 |
2010 plume only |
Secca del Capo |
active, inferred |
arc volcano |
Aeolian Arc, Tyrrhenian Sea |
38.6333 |
14.8500 |
240 |
1995 ROV Comex deposits only; 2007 plume only |
S Oceanographer |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
N MAR |
34.8670 |
-36.4330 |
3460 |
1992 plume only |
MAR, 7 57'S |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
S MAR |
-7.9500 |
-13.4420 |
2600 |
2001 plume only |
FRSC, 14b, 16.11 S |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-16.1150 |
-174.5680 |
2250 |
2008 plume only |