Welcome to the InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields (the “InterRidge Vents Database”).
To sort the list of Vent Fields, click on a column header.
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 |
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Chile Triple Junction | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Chile Rise | -46.3000 | -75.8000 | 3000 | 2010 plume only |
CLSC, CL_8 | active, inferred | back-arc spreading center | Lau Basin | -18.0500 | -176.3333 | 2250 | 2009 plume only |
Kebrit Deep | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Red Sea | 24.7233 | 36.2767 | 1590 | 1972 deposits only |
Nereus Deep | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Red Sea | 23.1670 | 37.2830 | 2400 | 1972 deposits only |
Walsh | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Mid-Cayman Rise | 17.8333 | -81.8333 | 4000 | 2009 plume only; 2013 plume only |
Mata Ono | active, inferred | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -14.9333 | -173.7916 | 2600 | 2010 plume only |
Brown Bear Seamount | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | JdF Ridge | 46.0333 | -130.5500 | 1500 | NotProvided |
MAR, 22 30'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 22.5000 | -45.0050 | 2800 | NotProvided |
W Eye of Mordor | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Galapagos Rift | 1.9707 | -91.3900 | 1600 | 2005 towed video Medea observed inactive chimneys |
Tripartite Ridge, south of TR3 | inactive | back-arc spreading center | North Fiji Basin | -14.0745 | 175.4729 | 3000 | NotProvided |
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, 23 35'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 23.5833 | -45.0000 | 3500 | 1980 submersible Alvin did not observe hydrothermal activity |
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 |
MAR, 24 20'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 24.3500 | -46.2000 | 3200 | NotProvided |
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 |
MAR, 24 30'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 24.5000 | -46.1533 | 3900 | 1987 deposits only |
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 |
Galapagos Rift, 85 50'W | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Galapagos Rift | 0.7500 | -85.8333 | 2600 | 1988 or earlier submersible observations |
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) |
MAR, 25 50'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 25.8083 | -44.9833 | 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 |
Explorer Deep | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Explorer Ridge | 50.1000 | -129.7500 | 3200 | 1969, deposits only |