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
MAR, 25 50'N	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	25.8083	-44.9833	3000	NotProvided
Brown Bear Seamount	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	JdF Ridge	46.0333	-130.5500	1500	NotProvided
W Eye of Mordor	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	1.9707	-91.3900	1600	2005 towed video Medea observed inactive chimneys
Philippine Ridge, West Philippine Basin	inactive	back-arc spreading center	West Philippine Basin	12.0000	131.4170	5800	NotProvided
Mata Nima	inactive	arc volcano	Lau Basin	-14.9583	-173.7833	2670	2010 no plume detected
MAR, 12 48'N	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	12.8000	-44.7883	2400	NotProvided
Owen transform fault	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Carlsberg Ridge	9.8333	57.9500	4500	NotProvided
Gorda Ridge, 41 30'N	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Gorda Ridge	41.5167	-127.4500	3350	1984 deposits only
Hawaiian Ridge	inactive	intra-plate volcano	Central Pacific	15.0000	-157.5000	5000	1987 or earlier
EPR, 13 N, SE Seamount	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N EPR	12.7000	-103.8600	2500	1981 towed camera, dredging, and plume did not confirm activity; 1982 and 1984 submersible Cyana did not confirm activity
Mount Jourdanne	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	SWIR	-27.8500	63.9333	2940	1998 submersible Shinkai 6500
Solwara 12	inactive	back-arc spreading center	Manus Basin	-3.7086	151.8834	1920	2009 commercial ROV Fugro FV300 inactive
Conical Seamount	inactive	arc volcano	Tabar-Feni Arc	-3.2500	152.6600	1050	1998 TV grab survey determined inactive
Zenith-Victory	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	20.1292	-45.6225	2390	2008 (need citation to confirm that the field was discovered by TV-profiling and dredging)
Kurose Hole	inactive	arc volcano	Izu-Bonin Arc	33.4000	139.6800	760	1989 inactive; 2009 inactive
DSDP Hole 504B	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	1.2267	-83.7300	3500	NotProvided
western Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea	inactive	back-arc spreading center	Manus Basin	-3.0000	147.0000	1800	NotProvided
Galapagos Rift, 85 50'W	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	0.7500	-85.8333	2600	1988 or earlier submersible observations
Tripartite Ridge, south of TR1	inactive	back-arc spreading center	North Fiji Basin	-14.5000	177.0000	3000	NotProvided
Hess Deep	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	2.2500	-101.5000	5100	NotProvided
Ashadze-3	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	12.9860	-44.8610	4200	2005 plume and dredge only
Logatchev-4	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	14.7063	-44.9083	2000	2004 TV sled observed inactive field [ROV QUEST was also on this cruise, but Kuhn et al. (2004) do not report its use at Logatchev-4]
Explorer Deep	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Explorer Ridge	50.1000	-129.7500	3200	1969, deposits only
Tripartite Ridge, south of TR3	inactive	back-arc spreading center	North Fiji Basin	-14.0745	175.4729	3000	NotProvided
MAR, 15 50'N	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	15.8667	-46.6667	3000	NotProvided
E Eye of Mordor	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	1.9058	-91.2310	1600	2005 towed video Medea found inactive chimneys
Logatchev-5	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	14.7500	-44.9700	3100	2007 ROV VICTOR 6000 did not find hydrothermal activity
Kasuga 1 Seamount	inactive	arc volcano	Mariana Arc	21.7650	143.7100	600	2003 no plume detected
EPR, 14 N seamount	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N EPR	14.1500	-104.3667	2600	NotProvided
Ashadze-4	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	12.9700	-44.8500	4530	2007 ROV VICTOR 6000 did not find hydrothermal activity

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