Vent Fields

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
Pere Lachaise	inactive	back-arc spreading center	North Fiji Basin	-16.9667	173.9333	2000	1989 submersible Nautile did not find activity; 1991 submersible Shinkai 6500 did not find activity
MAR, 25 50'N	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	25.8083	-44.9833	3000	NotProvided
Philippine Ridge, West Philippine Basin	inactive	back-arc spreading center	West Philippine Basin	12.0000	131.4170	5800	NotProvided
Conical Seamount	inactive	arc volcano	Tabar-Feni Arc	-3.2500	152.6600	1050	1998 TV grab survey determined inactive
Owen transform fault	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Carlsberg Ridge	9.8333	57.9500	4500	NotProvided
EPR, 14 N seamount	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N EPR	14.1500	-104.3667	2600	NotProvided
DSDP Hole 504B	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	1.2267	-83.7300	3500	NotProvided
Petersburgskoe	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	19.8666	-45.8666	3100	2010 dredging only
Brown Bear Seamount	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	JdF Ridge	46.0333	-130.5500	1500	NotProvided
Mount Jourdanne	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	SWIR	-27.8500	63.9333	2940	1998 submersible Shinkai 6500
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
E Eye of Mordor	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	1.9058	-91.2310	1600	2005 towed video Medea found inactive chimneys
Jade Emperor Mountain	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	SWIR	-37.9400	49.2600	1500	2010 video sled, plume survey, and geological sampling all suggest inactive
Galapagos Rift, 85 50'W	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	0.7500	-85.8333	2600	1988 or earlier submersible observations
Carlsberg Ridge, 1.67 S	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Carlsberg Ridge	-1.6768	67.7700	4500	NotProvided
Solwara 12	inactive	back-arc spreading center	Manus Basin	-3.7086	151.8834	1920	2009 commercial ROV Fugro FV300 inactive
EPR 87D1 Seamount	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N EPR	11.5333	-103.8600	2090	NotProvided
Hess Deep	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	2.2500	-101.5000	5100	NotProvided
MAR, 15 50'N	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	15.8667	-46.6667	3000	NotProvided
Krasnov	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	16.6400	-46.4750	3900	2002 or earlier plume only; 2004 TV grab indicated inactive; 2007 ROV Victor indicated inactive
Explorer Deep	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Explorer Ridge	50.1000	-129.7500	3200	1969, deposits only
Tripartite Ridge, south of TR1	inactive	back-arc spreading center	North Fiji Basin	-14.5000	177.0000	3000	NotProvided
MAR, 12 48'N	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	12.8000	-44.7883	2400	NotProvided
Dellwood Seamount	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	Explorer Ridge	50.7470	-130.8961	800	1974 or earlier deposits only; 2018 ROV Hercules inactive
Kasuga 1 Seamount	inactive	arc volcano	Mariana Arc	21.7650	143.7100	600	2003 no plume detected
MAR, 16 46'N	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	16.7950	-46.3800	3300	NotProvided
Mata Nima	inactive	arc volcano	Lau Basin	-14.9583	-173.7833	2670	2010 no plume detected
Tripartite Ridge, south of TR3	inactive	back-arc spreading center	North Fiji Basin	-14.0745	175.4729	3000	NotProvided
Ashadze-3	inactive	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	12.9860	-44.8610	4200	2005 plume and dredge only

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