Vent Fields
Welcome to the InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields (the “InterRidge Vents Database”).
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To view details for a specific Vent Field, click on the Name ID.
To view the subset of Vent Fields that contain a specific category, click on the category (for example, "active, confirmed" in the "Activity" column).
| Vent Field Name ID | Activity |
Tectonic Setting |
Region | Latitude | Longitude | Maximum or Single Reported Depth | Year and How Discovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mata Fa | active, inferred | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -14.9833 | -173.8000 | 2600 | 2010 plume only |
| Luise Harbor, Lihir Island | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Tabar-Feni Arc | -3.1167 | 152.6500 | 30 | 1990 or earlier |
| Kick'em Jenny submarine volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Lesser Antilles Arc | 12.2833 | -61.6667 | 265 | 2003 ROV Eastern Oceanics; 1989 submersible Johnson-Sea-Link II (did not confirm activity); 2001 plume only |
| Piip Submarine Volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Aleutian Arc, western | 55.4167 | 167.2717 | 500 | 1990 Mir submersible; 1981 R/V "Vulcanolog" cruise; 1987 (or 1986) echo-sounder fluid discharge |
| Banda Api | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Banda/Sunda Arc | -4.5250 | 129.8710 | 3 | 1993 SCUBA |
| Kolumbo | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea | 36.5250 | 25.4833 | 500 | 2006 ROV Hercules |
| Stromboli | active, inferred | arc volcano | Aeolian Arc, Tyrrhenian Sea | 38.7890 | 15.2130 | 250 | 1969 Fe crusts only |
| Myojin Knoll | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 32.1033 | 139.8683 | 1360 | 1996 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Rumble V volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -36.1333 | 178.1833 | 755 | 2001 towed camera; 1999 plume and dredged mussel shells |
| Doyo Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 27.6833 | 140.8167 | 520 | 1990 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Adventure Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | South Sandwich Arc | -59.7210 | -27.8571 | 520 | 2011 SHRIMP towed camera system; 2010 high resolution bathymetry only |
| Nikko volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 23.0833 | 142.3333 | 600 | 1992 submersible Shinkai 6500; 1979 first observed discolored water above the seamount |
| Vulcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Aeolian Arc, Tyrrhenian Sea | 38.4000 | 15.0000 | 8 | 1960's shallow vents |
| Kaikata Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 26.7000 | 141.0833 | 930 | 1988 submersible Shinkai 2000; 1985 dredge only |
| Banua Wuhu submarine volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Sangihe Arc | 3.1380 | 125.4910 | 10 | 1996 or earlier, likely by SCUBA |
| Conical Seamount | inactive | arc volcano | Tabar-Feni Arc | -3.2500 | 152.6600 | 1050 | 1998 TV grab survey determined inactive |
| Mata Ua | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -15.0166 | -173.7833 | 2397 | 2012 ROV Quest 4000; 2010 plume only (towed camera did not confirm) |
| Suiyo Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 28.5750 | 140.6417 | 1380 | 1991 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Mokuyo Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 28.3200 | 140.5800 | 1200 | 1990 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Daisan-Kume Knoll | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Ryukyu Arc | 26.3020 | 126.4125 | 1370 | 2015 ROV Kaiko; 2014 ROV Hyper Dolphin 3000 Dive 1761 may have confirmed; 2014 AUV temperature anomaly |
| Macauley Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -30.2140 | -178.7210 | 500 | 2002 towed camera TAN0205 cruise |
| Hinepuia volcanic center | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -26.3900 | -177.2600 | 300 | 2013 HOV Shinkai 6500; 2004 plume and dredging NZAPLUME III expedition |
| Healy volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -34.9840 | 178.9990 | 1370 | 2005 submersible Pisces V; 1999 plume only |
| Naung | active, inferred | arc volcano | Sangihe Arc | 3.7791 | 125.3750 | 600 | 2001 dredge only, 2003 CTD only |
| Kraternaya Bight, Ushishir Volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kuril Arc | 47.5167 | 152.8000 | 60 | 1985 SCUBA |
| Myojinsho Caldera | active, inferred | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 31.8833 | 139.9500 | 1110 | 1988 deposits only; 2005 plume only |
| Kemp Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | South Sandwich Arc | -59.7000 | -28.3166 | 1420 | 2010 ROV Isis; 2009 plume only |
| Nishi-Shichito Ridge | inactive | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 31.3667 | 138.7500 | 1600 | NotProvided |
| Mata Tolu | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -15.0049 | -173.7936 | 1900 | 2010 towed camera; 2009 plume and dredge only |
| Vulkanolog | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -30.6870 | -178.4530 | 130 | 1979 and 1998 (need to check references); 2002 plume not detected NZAPLUME II |