Vent Fields

Welcome to the InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields (the “InterRidge Vents Database”).
To sort the list of Vent Fields, click on a column header.
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
Kick'em Jenny submarine volcano	active, confirmed	arc volcano	Lesser Antilles Arc	12.2833	-61.6667	265	2003 ROV Eastern Oceanics; 1989 submersible Johnson-Sea-Link II (did not confirm activity); 2001 plume only
Zealandia	active, inferred	arc volcano	Mariana Arc	16.8800	145.8500	144	2003 plume only; 2009 or earlier ROV did not confirm activity
Carlsberg Ridge, CR2003	active, inferred	mid-ocean ridge	Carlsberg Ridge	6.0500	60.9500	3500	2003 plume only; 2007 plume only
SW Syoyo	active, inferred	arc volcano	Mariana Arc	22.3870	142.7620	1750	2003 plume only
Ahyi	active, inferred	arc volcano	Mariana Arc	20.4200	145.0300	60	2003 plume only
W Syoyo	active, inferred	arc volcano	Mariana Arc	22.5080	142.5330	2150	2003 plume only
Tonga Arc, Volcano 15	active, inferred	arc volcano	Tonga Arc	-23.9000	-176.7800	1400	2003 plume only
Mariana Trough, plume 2	active, inferred	back-arc spreading center	Mariana Trough	12.7610	143.4730	2950	2003 plume only
Tonga Arc, Volcano 8	active, inferred	arc volcano	Tonga Arc	-22.8433	-176.4317	240	2003 plume and dredge only
Tonga Arc, Volcano 14	active, inferred	arc volcano	Tonga Arc	-23.5750	-176.7050	985	2003 plume and dredge only
Tonga Arc, Volcano 16	active, inferred	arc volcano	Tonga Arc	-24.1883	-176.8217	1400	2003 plume and dredge only
Tonga Arc, Volcano 4	active, inferred	arc volcano	Tonga Arc	-22.0670	-176.2080	200	2003 plume and dredge only
Mariner	active, confirmed	back-arc spreading center	Lau Basin	-22.1800	-176.6017	1910	2003 plume and camera tow; 2004 submersible Shinkai 6500
Kasuga 1 Seamount	inactive	arc volcano	Mariana Arc	21.7650	143.7100	600	2003 no plume detected
Makhahnas	active, inferred	arc volcano	Mariana Arc	20.5300	144.8833	420	2003 no plume detected
NE Anatahan submarine volcano	active, inferred	arc volcano	Mariana Arc	16.3750	145.7250	460	2003 multibeam and sidescan sonar only
Grover Seamount	active, confirmed	arc volcano	Solomons Arc	-10.4667	164.2500	600	2002 towed video
Stanton Seamount	active, confirmed	arc volcano	New Hebrides Arc	-10.8670	166.7000	800	2002 towed video
Macauley Caldera	active, confirmed	arc volcano	Kermadec Arc	-30.2140	-178.7210	500	2002 towed camera TAN0205 cruise
Mounds and Microbes	active, confirmed	mid-ocean ridge	N EPR	9.4500	-104.5383	2950	2002 submersible Alvin; 1994 submersible Alvin did not confirm activity
Calyfield	active, confirmed	mid-ocean ridge	Galapagos Rift	0.8300	-89.6083	1660	2002 submersible Alvin
Menez Hom	active, confirmed	mid-ocean ridge	N MAR	37.1500	-32.4333	1802	2002 ROV Victor 6000
Kuiwai	active, inferred	arc volcano	Kermadec Arc	-33.1560	-179.9560	630	2002 plume only
Ngatoroirangi	active, inferred	arc volcano	Kermadec Arc	-33.7310	179.8250	467	2002 plume only
Kibblewhite	active, inferred	arc volcano	Kermadec Arc	-34.5750	179.2550	1106	2002 plume only
Haungaroa	active, inferred	arc volcano	Kermadec Arc	-32.6060	-179.6090	1165	2002 plume only
Sonne	active, inferred	arc volcano	Kermadec Arc	-34.0580	179.5890	1127	2002 plume only
San Cristobal arc, Target M	active, inferred	arc volcano	Solomons Arc	-10.4000	164.7500	2000	2002 plume and dredge only
Leyte	active, inferred	arc volcano	Luzon/Bicol Arc	11.5000	124.7000		2002 or earlier some indications of activity
Bataan	active, inferred	arc volcano	Luzon/Bicol Arc	20.0000	122.0000		2002 or earlier some indications of activity

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