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Woodlark Basin
Below is the subset of Vent Fields that contain the taxonomy term (Activity, Tectonic Setting, Region, Ocean, National Jurisdiction, Temperature Category, or MGDS Feature ID) listed above.
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| Vent Field Name ID | Activity | Tectonic Setting | Region | Latitude |
Longitude |
Maximum or Single Reported Depth | Year and How Discovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Seamount | active, confirmed | back-arc spreading center | Woodlark Basin | -9.9083 | 151.8300 | 2366 | 1990 submersible Mir |
| Woodlark Basin, Segment 3B | active, inferred | back-arc spreading center | Woodlark Basin | -9.8000 | 155.0667 | 3300 | 2009 plume only |
| Woodlark Basin, Segment 5B | active, inferred | back-arc spreading center | Woodlark Basin | -9.2540 | 156.1910 | 3550 | 1986 plume only; 2000 plume only |
