Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, 64 S segment |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge |
-64.5000 |
-170.0000 |
2300 |
2009 plume only |
Deception Island |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Bransfield Strait |
-62.9500 |
-60.6500 |
100 |
1995 or earlier intertidal |
Little Volcano |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Bransfield Strait |
-62.7500 |
-59.2500 |
1500 |
1995 plume only |
Three Sisters, Middle Sister |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Bransfield Strait |
-62.6420 |
-58.9833 |
1040 |
1995 plume only; 1999 still had no visual confirmation |
Hook Ridge |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Bransfield Strait |
-62.1940 |
-57.2745 |
1080 |
1997 hot sediment; 1995 plume only; 1999 even hotter sediment |
AAR KR1, Mujin |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-62.1000 |
158.8000 |
2100 |
2011 plume and biological samples |
ESR, E9 |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
East Scotia Ridge |
-60.0500 |
-29.9300 |
2402 |
2009 towed video; 1999 plume only; 2010 ROV Isis |
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, 60 S segment |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge |
-60.0000 |
-152.0000 |
2300 |
2009 plume only |
AAR KR2 |
active, inferred |
mid-ocean ridge |
SEIR |
-60.0000 |
152.5000 |
3200 |
2011 plume only |