Vent Fields
Welcome to the InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields (the “InterRidge Vents Database”).
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monowai Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -25.8000 | -177.1500 | 1165 | 2005 with submersibles PISCES IV and PISCES V and ROV RCV-150; 2004 plume only |
| TOTO Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 12.7167 | 143.5333 | 2960 | 2000 deep-tow camera (later, same year - ROV Kaiko); 1998 or earlier hydrothermal deposits dredged; 1998 plume only |
| Putoto volcanic center | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -27.6800 | -177.6100 | 700 | 2004 plume and dredging NZAPLUME III expedition |
| Kavachi submarine volcano | active, inferred | arc volcano | Solomons Arc | -8.9833 | 157.9667 | 500 | 2000 plume only |
| NE Anatahan submarine volcano | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 16.3750 | 145.7250 | 460 | 2003 multibeam and sidescan sonar only |
| Sonne | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -34.0580 | 179.5890 | 1127 | 2002 plume only |
| Makhahnas | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 20.5300 | 144.8833 | 420 | 2003 no plume detected |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano 15 | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -23.9000 | -176.7800 | 1400 | 2003 plume only |
| Nisiros | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea | 36.5600 | 27.1400 | 18 | 1994 or earlier, likely by SCUBA |
| Kuiwai | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -33.1560 | -179.9560 | 630 | 2002 plume only |
| East Mata submarine volcano | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -15.1010 | -173.6780 | 1350 | 2008 plume only; 2009 plume only |
| W Syoyo | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 22.5080 | 142.5330 | 2150 | 2003 plume only |
| Monowai Cone | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -25.8870 | -177.1880 | 150 | 1998 R/V Sonne SO-135; 2004 plume only |
| Gamble volcanic center | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -27.2000 | -177.4100 | 250 | 2004 plume and dredging NZAPLUME III expedition |
| Suiyo Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 28.5750 | 140.6417 | 1380 | 1991 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Kawio Barat | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Sangihe Arc | 4.8133 | 125.0816 | 1890 | 2003 towed video, CTD/transmissometer, and dredge |
| Niua North | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -15.0667 | -173.5667 | 1375 | 2012 ROV Quest 4000; 2008 plume only |
| Mata Fitu | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -14.9166 | -173.7833 | 2750 | 2010 towed camera |
| Methana | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea | 37.6150 | 23.3360 | 10 | nearshore: since antiquity; offshore: 1997 SCUBA |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano 16 | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -24.1883 | -176.8217 | 1400 | 2003 plume and dredge only |
| Ruby | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 15.6200 | 145.5700 | 214 | 2006 ROV Jason II; 2003 plume only |
| San Cristobal arc, Target M | active, inferred | arc volcano | Solomons Arc | -10.4000 | 164.7500 | 2000 | 2002 plume and dredge only |
| Brothers volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -34.8667 | 179.0667 | 1800 | 1998 towed camera; 1996 dredging only |
| Kurose Hole | inactive | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 33.4000 | 139.6800 | 760 | 1989 inactive; 2009 inactive |
| Eva | active, inferred | arc volcano | New Hebrides Arc | -22.0000 | 170.7500 | 1600 | 2008 plume only |
| Montserrat Offshore Springs | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Lesser Antilles Arc | 16.7100 | -62.2300 | 10 | 1996 or earlier (assume SCUBA) |
| Jaco Scar | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Costa Rica fore arc | 9.1175 | -84.8397 | 1790 | 2009 submersible Alvin |
| Gemini-Oscostar Volcanic Complex | active, inferred | arc volcano | New Hebrides Arc | -20.9830 | 170.2830 | 100 | 2001 deposits and plume; 2004 plume and sulfide samples |
| Lembeh Strait | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Sangihe Arc | 1.8000 | 125.2000 | 3 | NotProvided |
| Omuro Hole | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 34.5467 | 139.4417 | 200 | 2012 ROV Hyper-Dolphin |