Franklin Seamount |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Woodlark Basin |
-9.9083 |
151.8300 |
2366 |
1990 submersible Mir |
SuSu Knolls |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.8000 |
152.1000 |
1520 |
1996 towed camera/video; 1993 plume only |
VFR, ELSC7 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-22.8833 |
-176.7500 |
2050 |
2009 plume and dredge only |
Futagoyama |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
24.8674 |
123.3081 |
1270 |
2016 ROV Kaiko dive 717 |
MTJ, T08C03, 15.72 S |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.7186 |
-174.8338 |
2400 |
2008 plume only |
Woodlark Basin, Segment 3B |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Woodlark Basin |
-9.8000 |
155.0667 |
3300 |
2009 plume only |
Si'iSi'i |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-22.2900 |
-176.6290 |
1950 |
2008 commercial ROV; 2003 plume only |
Mariana Trough, 15.5 N |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Mariana Trough |
15.4080 |
144.5090 |
4196 |
2015 plume only, 2016 ROV did not confirm |
C-ELSC, plume 17 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.9900 |
-176.2530 |
2270 |
2004 plume only |
Three Sisters, Middle Sister |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Bransfield Strait |
-62.6420 |
-58.9833 |
1040 |
1995 plume only; 1999 still had no visual confirmation |
Solwara 19 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.6660 |
148.7640 |
1039 |
2009 commercial ROV Fugro FV300 (activity not confirmed) |
Hine Hina |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-22.5300 |
-176.6970 |
1900 |
1989 submersible Nautile |
N-ELSC, plume 22 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.4000 |
-176.1580 |
2700 |
2004 plume only |
FRSC, Central |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-16.4917 |
-174.5417 |
2419 |
2004 plume only |
PACMANUS field |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.7250 |
151.6700 |
1800 |
1991 deep-tow camera and video; 1995 submersible Shinkai 6500 |
Dugong submarine volcano |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.4500 |
-175.7000 |
1170 |
2008 plume only |
Woodlark Basin, Segment 5B |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Woodlark Basin |
-9.2540 |
156.1910 |
3550 |
1986 plume only; 2000 plume only |
VFR, plume 12 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-21.7300 |
-176.4530 |
1910 |
2004 plume only |
Bayonnaise Knoll caldera |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Izu-Bonin back-arc |
31.9667 |
139.7333 |
900 |
2003 temperature anomalies, but camera survey observed inactive vent deposits |
MTJ, T08C01 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.9629 |
-174.7961 |
2400 |
2008 plume only |
Kilo Moana |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.0532 |
-176.1336 |
2620 |
2004 AUV ABE; 2004 plume only on previous cruise |
Snail |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Mariana Trough |
12.9533 |
143.6200 |
2880 |
2003 ROV Jason II; 2003 plume only |
Mariana Trough, 16.5 N |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Mariana Trough |
16.4010 |
144.8700 |
3829 |
2015 plume only |
C-ELSC, plume 18 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.9500 |
-176.2390 |
2230 |
2004 plume only |
North Knoll, Iheya Ridge |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
27.7908 |
126.8966 |
1100 |
1995 deep tow survey |
West Fiji Ridge |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
North Fiji Basin |
-17.0000 |
176.0000 |
3000 |
1995 deep tow |
Tow Cam |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.3169 |
-176.1367 |
2700 |
2004 AUV ABE; 2004 plume only on previous cruise |
Kueishan Island |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
24.8333 |
121.9500 |
30 |
1999, likely by SCUBA |
FRSC, RC 129 and CTD 24 plume sites |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-17.0250 |
-174.5017 |
1750 |
2004 plume only; 2004 dredging |
Starfish Seamount, Tinakula |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
New Hebrides back-arc |
-12.2028 |
167.6139 |
1204 |
2011 commercial ROV; 1989 plume only; 1989 towed camera survey did not confirm activity; 2002 plume and dredge only |