Vent Fields
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonne | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -34.0580 | 179.5890 | 1127 | 2002 plume only |
| Kasuga 1 Seamount | inactive | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 21.7650 | 143.7100 | 600 | 2003 no plume detected |
| Niua South | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -15.1650 | -173.5700 | 1180 | 2008 commercial ROV |
| Mata Ua | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -15.0166 | -173.7833 | 2397 | 2012 ROV Quest 4000; 2010 plume only (towed camera did not confirm) |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano 15 | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -23.9000 | -176.7800 | 1400 | 2003 plume only |
| Starfish Seamount | active, inferred | arc volcano | New Hebrides Arc | -12.2083 | 167.6462 | 1600 | 1989 plume only; 1989 towed camera survey did not confirm activity; 2002 plume and dredge only |
| Rumble II West | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -35.3600 | 178.5170 | 1500 | 1996 dredging only; 1999 plume only |
| Gemini-Oscostar Volcanic Complex | active, inferred | arc volcano | New Hebrides Arc | -20.9830 | 170.2830 | 100 | 2001 deposits and plume; 2004 plume and sulfide samples |
| Macauley Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -30.2140 | -178.7210 | 500 | 2002 towed camera TAN0205 cruise |
| Yali | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea | 36.6600 | 27.1300 | 3 | 1991 or earlier, from beach |
| Hot Beach, Mendeleev Volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kuril Arc | 43.9760 | 145.7360 | 1 | 1990 or earlier, from the beach |
| Haungaroa | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -32.6060 | -179.6090 | 1165 | 2002 plume only |
| Piip Submarine Volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Aleutian Arc, western | 55.4167 | 167.2717 | 500 | 1990 Mir submersible; 1981 R/V "Vulcanolog" cruise; 1987 (or 1986) echo-sounder fluid discharge |
| Kemp Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | South Sandwich Arc | -59.7000 | -28.3166 | 1420 | 2010 ROV Isis; 2009 plume only |
| Chamorro volcano | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 20.8100 | 144.7050 | 875 | 2003 plume only |
| Forecast | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 13.4000 | 143.9166 | 1470 | 1992 submersible Shinkai 6500 |
| Eva | active, inferred | arc volcano | New Hebrides Arc | -22.0000 | 170.7500 | 1600 | 2008 plume only |
| Kasuga 2 Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 21.6000 | 143.6167 | 500 | 1987 submersible Alvin |
| TOTO Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 12.7167 | 143.5333 | 2960 | 2000 deep-tow camera (later, same year - ROV Kaiko); 1998 or earlier hydrothermal deposits dredged; 1998 plume only |
| Mata Taha | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -15.0416 | -173.7833 | 2160 | 2010 plume only |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano 16 | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -24.1883 | -176.8217 | 1400 | 2003 plume and dredge only |
| Rakahore volcanic center | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -26.8100 | -177.4000 | 1200 | 2004 plume and dredging NZAPLUME III expedition |
| Krakatau | active, inferred | arc volcano | Banda/Sunda Arc | -6.1020 | 105.4230 | 250 | 2002 CTD/transmissometer and dredge only |
| Kuiwai | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -33.1560 | -179.9560 | 630 | 2002 plume only |
| San Cristobal arc, Target M | active, inferred | arc volcano | Solomons Arc | -10.4000 | 164.7500 | 2000 | 2002 plume and dredge only |
| Rumble III volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -35.7333 | 178.4667 | 380 | 2000 towed camera; 1999 plume only |
| Mata Tolu | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -15.0049 | -173.7936 | 1840 | 2010 towed camera; 2009 plume and dredge only |
| Giggenbach volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -30.0333 | -178.7167 | 180 | 2005 submersible PISCES V; 2002 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 |