Vulcano |
active, confirmed |
arc volcano |
Aeolian Arc, Tyrrhenian Sea |
38.4000 |
15.0000 |
8 |
1960's shallow vents |
Kulo Lasi |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-14.9200 |
-177.2500 |
1478 |
2010 submersible Nautile |
Yali |
active, confirmed |
arc volcano |
Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea |
36.6600 |
27.1300 |
3 |
1991 or earlier, from beach |
Pescadero Basin, Auka |
active, confirmed |
mid-ocean ridge |
Gulf of California |
23.9567 |
-108.8618 |
3685 |
2015 ROV Doc Ricketts; 1990 or earlier plume only |
CIR, 19 29'S |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
CIR |
-19.4830 |
65.7330 |
2700 |
1988 plume only; 2000 submersible Nautile did not confirm activity |
N-ELSC, plume 25 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-19.8900 |
-176.0640 |
2680 |
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 |
EPR, Manzanillo Spreading Segment |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
N EPR |
18.2500 |
-106.3000 |
2600 |
1997 plume only |
Puy des Folles |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
N MAR |
20.5083 |
-45.6417 |
2000 |
1996 submersible Nautile observed only inactive vents |
EPR, 16 08'S |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
S EPR |
-16.1300 |
-113.0000 |
2640 |
1993 plume only |
SEIR-WXC12 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-50.2500 |
136.2500 |
2780 |
2015 plume only |
CLSC, southern plumes on CL6 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-18.5000 |
-176.3833 |
2250 |
2009 plume only |
GEISEIR site 11, segment K4 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-42.5375 |
82.8266 |
2600 |
2010 plume only |
Mohns Ridge, 72 N |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
Mohns Ridge |
72.0390 |
-0.2520 |
2500 |
1987 plume only; 2013 plume only |
Central Andaman Trough, rift valley, dredges 9 and 10 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Andaman Basin |
10.4166 |
94.1666 |
3350 |
1994 deposits only |
Magic Mountain, 3-km south |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
Explorer Ridge |
49.7250 |
-130.2667 |
1850 |
2002 AUV ABE plume only |
Tonga Arc, Volcano 14 |
active, inferred |
arc volcano |
Tonga Arc |
-23.5750 |
-176.7050 |
985 |
2003 plume and dredge only |
Extensional Relay Zone A |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
North Fiji Basin |
-16.1667 |
177.4167 |
2335 |
1999 towed camera did not confirm activity |
Nereus Deep |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
Red Sea |
23.1670 |
37.2830 |
2400 |
1972 deposits only |
C-ELSC, plume 18 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.9500 |
-176.2390 |
2230 |
2004 plume only |
ESR, E5 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
East Scotia Ridge |
-57.5000 |
-30.2000 |
3000 |
1999 plume only |
GEISEIR site 29, segment M6 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-44.9054 |
94.9673 |
2700 |
2009 plume only |
Mariana Trough, 14.5 N |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Mariana Trough |
14.4870 |
144.0940 |
4120 |
2015 plume only |
EPR, 17 S |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
S EPR |
-17.0000 |
-113.1170 |
2680 |
1993 plume only |
SW Syoyo |
active, inferred |
arc volcano |
Mariana Arc |
22.3870 |
142.7620 |
1750 |
2003 plume only |
MAR, south of 15 20'N fracture zone |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
N MAR |
15.0833 |
-45.0000 |
3000 |
1988 plume only; 1992 submersible Nautile did not observe active vents |
EPR, 22 30'S |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
S EPR |
-22.5000 |
-114.3670 |
2600 |
1985/86 or 1989 TV grab (need to check references to confirm activity) |
Lobster |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.3330 |
-176.2830 |
1500 |
2008 plume and dredge only |
Station 58, N160 Axis |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
North Fiji Basin |
-16.3167 |
173.5500 |
3900 |
1985 plume only; 1991 temperature anomalies but submersible Shinkai 6500 did not confirm activity |
Douglas Strait caldera, Thule Island, South Sandwich Islands |
active, inferred |
arc volcano |
South Sandwich Arc |
-59.4167 |
-27.3333 |
625 |
2009 plume only; 2008 or earlier high resolution bathymetry only |