Vent Fields
Welcome to the InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields (the “InterRidge Vents Database”).
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Shinkurose Bank | inactive | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 33.5667 | 140.1667 | 200 | 1992 or earlier submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Hinepuia volcanic center | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -26.3900 | -177.2600 | 300 | 2013 HOV Shinkai 6500; 2004 plume and dredging NZAPLUME III expedition |
| 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 |
| Grover Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Solomons Arc | -10.4667 | 164.2500 | 600 | 2002 towed video |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano 4 | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -22.0670 | -176.2080 | 200 | 2003 plume and dredge only |
| Milos | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea | 36.6667 | 24.5167 | 200 | 1987 or earlier, likely by SCUBA; 1992 Minirover ROV deeper sites |
| Mata Tolu | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -15.0049 | -173.7936 | 1900 | 2010 towed camera; 2009 plume and dredge only |
| Suiyo Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 28.5750 | 140.6417 | 1380 | 1991 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| 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 |
| Leyte | active, inferred | arc volcano | Luzon/Bicol Arc | 11.5000 | 124.7000 | 2002 or earlier some indications of activity | |
| Mata Fa | active, inferred | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -14.9833 | -173.8000 | 2600 | 2010 plume only |
| Brothers volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -34.8667 | 179.0667 | 1800 | 1998 towed camera; 1996 dredging only |
| Hinetapeka volcanic center | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -28.5900 | -177.8200 | 300 | 2004 plume and dredging NZAPLUME III expedition |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano 8 | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -22.8433 | -176.4317 | 240 | 2003 plume and dredge only |
| Kolumbo | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea | 36.5250 | 25.4833 | 500 | 2006 ROV Hercules |
| Ruby | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 15.6200 | 145.5700 | 214 | 2006 ROV Jason II; 2003 plume only |
| Matupi Harbour, Rabaul caldera, New Britain Island | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Bismarck Arc | -4.2700 | 152.2000 | 30 | 1961 or earlier intertidal |
| Komba-ridge | active, inferred | arc volcano | Banda/Sunda Arc | -7.9800 | 123.8000 | 1000 | 2001 CTD temperature anomaly and dredged sulfides |
| Adventure Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | South Sandwich Arc | -59.7210 | -27.8571 | 520 | 2011 SHRIMP towed camera system; 2010 high resolution bathymetry only |
| Kana Keoki seamount | active, inferred | arc volcano | Solomons Arc | -8.7500 | 157.0300 | 650 | 1993 observations did not confirm activity |
| Lembeh Strait | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Sangihe Arc | 1.8000 | 125.2000 | 3 | NotProvided |
| New World Seamount | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tabar-Feni Arc | -2.8333 | 152.5333 | 1200 | 2000 or earlier (cruise FR04/00 implies that they already suspected hydrothermal activity); 1994 seamount discovered |
| Doyo Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 27.6833 | 140.8167 | 520 | 1990 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Enarete Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Aeolian Arc, Tyrrhenian Sea | 38.6250 | 14.0000 | 600 | 2011 ROV Hercules; 1976 Fe crusts only; 1997 manganese crust only; 2007 plume only |
| Gamble volcanic center | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -27.2000 | -177.4100 | 250 | 2004 plume and dredging NZAPLUME III expedition |
| 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) |
| Wright volcanic center | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -31.8500 | -179.1880 | 1165 | 2005 submersible PISCES V; 2004 plume NZAPLUME III cruise |
| 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) |
| Ngatoroirangi | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -33.7310 | 179.8250 | 467 | 2002 plume only |