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, 14 54'N | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 14.9200 | -44.9000 | 3500 | 1988 or earlier seafloor photographs did not confirm hydrothermal activity |
| High-Rise Field | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | JdF Ridge | 47.9666 | -129.0894 | 2200 | 1988 submersible Alvin |
| Troll Wall | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | Mohns Ridge | 71.2833 | -5.7667 | 550 | 2005 ROV BIODEEP-05 cruise |
| SWIR, D9B | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SWIR | -52.7070 | 18.8170 | 3931 | 2000-2001 plume and dredge only |
| MAR, segment south of St. Paul system | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 0.5000 | -25.0000 | 3500 | 2013 plume only |
| Ashadze-1 | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 12.9733 | -44.8633 | 4200 | 2003 TV profiling; 2007 ROV Victor 6000 |
| GEISEIR site 31, segment O1 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SEIR | -46.8956 | 96.5709 | 2600 | 2009 plume only |
| Knipovich Ridge, 77 40'N | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Knipovich Ridge | 77.6300 | 7.5800 | 3000 | 2000 plume only |
| EPR, 10 02'N | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | N EPR | 10.0330 | -104.3300 | 2560 | 1992 submersible Alvin |
| Snake Pit | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 23.3683 | -44.9500 | 3500 | 1985 real-time TV and imaging sonar; earlier in 1985 seafloor photographs did not confirm activity |
| EPR, 11 30'N | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | N EPR | 11.4833 | -103.7833 | 2422 | 1981 towed camera and plume did not confirm activity; 1988 submersible Alvin dive #1996 (need reference to confirm activity) |
| EPR, 17 12'S | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -17.2000 | -113.1500 | 2590 | 1993 submersible Nautile |
| MAR, 30 N | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 30.0333 | -42.5000 | 3400 | 1993 plume only |
| EPR, Ridge 3, 20 40'S | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -20.3333 | -113.6792 | 3050 | 1983 Deep Tow camera |
| Evan | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 37.2667 | -32.2833 | 1775 | 2006 submersible Nautile |
| CIR, 8-17 S, Segment 4, 10.9 S | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | CIR | -10.9000 | 66.7000 | 3500 | 2010 plume only |
| Logatchev-3 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 14.7083 | -44.9667 | 3100 | 1993-1999 (between these dates) |
| Carlsberg Ridge, 1.67 S | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Carlsberg Ridge | -1.6768 | 67.7700 | 4500 | NotProvided |
| Galapagos Rift, 94.4 W | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Galapagos Rift | 2.5300 | -94.3300 | 2400 | 2005 plume only |
| Carlsberg Ridge, 63 40'E | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Carlsberg Ridge | 3.7000 | 63.6666 | 3500 | 2007 plume only |
| EPR, 15 S | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -15.0000 | -112.7700 | 2640 | 1985/86 or 1989 TV grab (need to check references to confirm activity); 1993 plume only |
| EPR, 18 32'S | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -18.5550 | -113.4160 | 2647 | 1993 submersible Nautile |
| GEISEIR site 9, segment K3 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SEIR | -41.9633 | 82.0600 | 2700 | 2010 plume only |
| EPR, 28.3 S, Segment W3 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -28.3000 | -112.9830 | 2220 | 1998 plume only |
| Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, 60 S segment | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Pacific-Antarctic Ridge | -60.0000 | -152.0000 | 2300 | 2009 plume only |
| CIR, Segment 3, Hydrothermal Plume Site | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | CIR | -24.0000 | 69.6667 | 2840 | 1987 plume only; 2005/2006 plume only |
| Green Seamount | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N EPR | 20.8033 | -109.2833 | 2000 | 1982 submersible Alvin observed only inactive |
| SWIR, 51.7 E | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SWIR | -37.4660 | 51.7320 | 1595 | 2008 plume and dredge only |
| GEISEIR site 32, segment O2 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SEIR | -47.1196 | 96.8947 | 2600 | 2009 plume only |
| E Los Huellos Caldera | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Galapagos Rift | 0.9500 | -90.5300 | 1600 | 2005 plume only; 2005 towed video Medea did not confirm activity |