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 |
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Mata Ua | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -15.0166 | -173.7833 | 2397 | 2012 ROV Quest 4000; 2010 plume only (towed camera did not confirm) |
Sisifo | active, inferred | arc volcano | Aeolian Arc, Tyrrhenian Sea | 38.7833 | 13.8666 | 1200 | 2007 plume only |
Eva | active, inferred | arc volcano | New Hebrides Arc | -22.0000 | 170.7500 | 1600 | 2008 plume only |
NE Anatahan submarine volcano | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 16.3750 | 145.7250 | 460 | 2003 multibeam and sidescan sonar only |
Kavachi submarine volcano | active, inferred | arc volcano | Solomons Arc | -8.9833 | 157.9667 | 500 | 2000 plume only |
Matupi Harbour, Rabaul caldera, New Britain Island | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Bismarck Arc | -4.2700 | 152.2000 | 30 | 1961 or earlier intertidal |
San Cristobal arc, Target M | active, inferred | arc volcano | Solomons Arc | -10.4000 | 164.7500 | 2000 | 2002 plume and dredge only |
Zealandia | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 16.8800 | 145.8500 | 144 | 2003 plume only; 2009 or earlier ROV did not confirm activity |
Kuiwai | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -33.1560 | -179.9560 | 630 | 2002 plume only |
Nisiros | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea | 36.5600 | 27.1400 | 18 | 1994 or earlier, likely by SCUBA |
Myojin Knoll | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 32.1033 | 139.8683 | 1360 | 1996 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
Makhahnas | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 20.5300 | 144.8833 | 420 | 2003 no plume detected |
Kemp Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | South Sandwich Arc | -59.7000 | -28.3166 | 1420 | 2010 ROV Isis; 2009 plume only |
Daiichi-Amami knoll | active, inferred | arc volcano | Ryukyu Arc | 28.4500 | 128.7500 | 350 | 2013 multibeam echo sounder on S/V Takuyo and AUV Gondo |
Panarea | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Aeolian Arc, Tyrrhenian Sea | 38.6583 | 15.1000 | 200 | 1800's shallow vents; 1995 deeper vents ROV Comex |
Mata Taha | active, inferred | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -15.0416 | -173.7833 | 2160 | 2010 plume only |
SW Syoyo | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 22.3870 | 142.7620 | 1750 | 2003 plume only |
W Syoyo | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 22.5080 | 142.5330 | 2150 | 2003 plume only |
Krakatau | active, inferred | arc volcano | Banda/Sunda Arc | -6.1020 | 105.4230 | 250 | 2002 CTD/transmissometer and dredge only |
Kawio Barat | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Sangihe Arc | 4.8133 | 125.0816 | 1890 | 2003 towed video, CTD/transmissometer, and dredge |
Mokuyo Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 28.3200 | 140.5800 | 1200 | 1990 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
Maug Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 20.0200 | 145.2200 | 145 | 2003 SCUBA shallow vents; 2004 ROV ROPOS deeper vents; 2003 plume only deeper vents |
Tonga Arc, Volcano A | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -20.8600 | -175.5500 | 700 | 2004 plume only |
San Cristobal arc, Target N | active, inferred | arc volcano | Solomons Arc | -10.5000 | 164.0000 | 2000 | 2002 dredge only |
Kurose Hole | inactive | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 33.4000 | 139.6800 | 760 | 1989 inactive; 2009 inactive |
Myojinsho Caldera | active, inferred | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 31.8833 | 139.9500 | 1110 | 1988 deposits only; 2005 plume only |
Tonga Arc, Volcano 1 | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -21.1500 | -175.7500 | 210 | 2005 with submersibles PISCES IV and PISCES V and ROV RCV-150; 2003 plume and dredge only |
Epi Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | New Hebrides Arc | -16.6870 | 168.4000 | 320 | 2013 ROV Kiel6000; 1974 sediment samples only; 2001 plume and camera tow (did not confirm activity) |
Edison Seamount | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tabar-Feni Arc | -3.3100 | 152.5800 | 1450 | 1994 and 1998 TV grab sampling did not confirm hydrothermal activity |
Tutum Bay, Ambitle Island | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Tabar-Feni Arc | -4.0833 | 153.5500 | 10 | 1996 or earlier, likely by SCUBA |