Vent Fields
Welcome to the InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields (the “InterRidge Vents Database”).
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| Vent Field Name ID | Activity |
Tectonic Setting |
Region | Latitude | Longitude | Maximum or Single Reported Depth | Year and How Discovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano 14 | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -23.5750 | -176.7050 | 985 | 2003 plume and dredge only |
| Banda Api | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Banda/Sunda Arc | -4.5250 | 129.8710 | 3 | 1993 SCUBA |
| SW Syoyo | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 22.3870 | 142.7620 | 1750 | 2003 plume only |
| Grover Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Solomons Arc | -10.4667 | 164.2500 | 600 | 2002 towed video |
| Kuiwai | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -33.1560 | -179.9560 | 630 | 2002 plume only |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano A | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -20.8600 | -175.5500 | 700 | 2004 plume only |
| Northwest Rota-1 volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 14.6010 | 144.7750 | 599 | 2004 ROV ROPOS; 2003 plume only |
| Myojin Knoll | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 32.1033 | 139.8683 | 1360 | 1996 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Kemp Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | South Sandwich Arc | -59.7000 | -28.3166 | 1420 | 2010 ROV Isis; 2009 plume only |
| Nikko volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 23.0833 | 142.3333 | 600 | 1992 submersible Shinkai 6500; 1979 first observed discolored water above the seamount |
| Santorini | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea | 36.4333 | 25.4000 | 400 | 1960's, likely by SCUBA; 2006 deeper vents HOV Thetis and AUV SeaBED |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Putoto volcanic center | active, inferred | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -27.6800 | -177.6100 | 700 | 2004 plume and dredging NZAPLUME III expedition |
| Mata Taha | active, inferred | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -15.0416 | -173.7833 | 2160 | 2010 plume only |
| W Syoyo | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 22.5080 | 142.5330 | 2150 | 2003 plume only |
| Tutum Bay, Ambitle Island | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Tabar-Feni Arc | -4.0833 | 153.5500 | 10 | 1996 or earlier, likely by SCUBA |
| 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 |
| Daisan-Kume Knoll | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Ryukyu Arc | 26.3020 | 126.4125 | 1370 | 2015 ROV Kaiko; 2014 ROV Hyper Dolphin 3000 Dive 1761 may have confirmed; 2014 AUV temperature anomaly |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano 15 | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -23.9000 | -176.7800 | 1400 | 2003 plume only |
| Mokuyo Seamount | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 28.3200 | 140.5800 | 1200 | 1990 submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Banua Wuhu submarine volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Sangihe Arc | 3.1380 | 125.4910 | 10 | 1996 or earlier, likely by SCUBA |
| Clark volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Kermadec Arc | -36.4490 | 177.8400 | 930 | 2005 submersible Pisces V; 1999 plume only |
| Kurose Hole | inactive | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 33.4000 | 139.6800 | 760 | 1989 inactive; 2009 inactive |
| Tonga Arc, Volcano C | active, inferred | arc volcano | Tonga Arc | -20.1800 | -175.2000 | 1050 | 2004 SS11/2004 cruise did not detect hydrothermal activity |
| Naung | active, inferred | arc volcano | Sangihe Arc | 3.7791 | 125.3750 | 600 | 2001 dredge only, 2003 CTD only |
| Myojinsho Caldera | active, inferred | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 31.8833 | 139.9500 | 1110 | 1988 deposits only; 2005 plume only |
| Kolumbo | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Hellenic Arc, Aegean Sea | 36.5250 | 25.4833 | 500 | 2006 ROV Hercules |