Vent Fields
Welcome to the InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields (the “InterRidge Vents Database”).
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gakkel Ridge, Site 2 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Gakkel Ridge | 83.8500 | -2.0000 | 3900 | 2001 plume only |
| GEISEIR site 16, segment L3 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SEIR | -41.5883 | 87.2615 | 2500 | 2010 plume only |
| SWIR, D82 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SWIR | -52.2080 | 15.5830 | 4100 | 2000-2001 plume only |
| MAR, 25 S | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | S MAR | -25.3350 | -13.6305 | 2570 | 2013 plume only |
| MAR, 28 S | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | S MAR | -27.7936 | -13.3730 | 3217 | 2013 plume only |
| Snake Pit | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 23.3683 | -44.9500 | 3500 | 1985 real-time TV and imaging sonar; earlier in 1985 seafloor photographs did not confirm activity |
| Vityaz megamullion | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | CIR | -5.4000 | 68.5833 | 3500 | 1979 plume and deposits only |
| EPR, 17 12'S | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -17.2000 | -113.1500 | 2590 | 1993 submersible Nautile |
| EPR, 23 30'S | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -23.5333 | -115.5667 | 2600 | 1987 or earlier [need to check Marchig & Gundlach (1987)]; 2005 submersible Alvin |
| Aden | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | Aden Ridge | 11.9500 | 43.6667 | 1600 | 1984 submersible Cyana |
| Krasnov | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 16.6400 | -46.4750 | 3900 | 2002 or earlier plume only; 2004 TV grab indicated inactive; 2007 ROV Victor indicated inactive |
| Brown Bear Seamount | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | JdF Ridge | 46.0333 | -130.5500 | 1500 | NotProvided |
| GEISEIR site 24, segment M3 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SEIR | -43.0369 | 91.0357 | 2400 | 2009 plume only |
| EPR, 11 07'N | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | N EPR | 11.1330 | -103.7800 | 2580 | 1988 submersible Alvin dive #1989 (need reference to confirm activity); 1991 plume only |
| Carlsberg Ridge, 1.67 S | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Carlsberg Ridge | -1.6768 | 67.7700 | 4500 | NotProvided |
| Loki's Castle | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | Mohns Ridge | 73.5500 | 8.1500 | 2400 | 2008 ROV Bathysaurus |
| MAR, 16 46'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 16.7950 | -46.3800 | 3300 | NotProvided |
| Floc | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | JdF Ridge | 46.3133 | -129.7050 | 2290 | 1993 DEEPTOW and submersible Alvin |
| Ringvent | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | Gulf of California | 27.5083 | -111.6792 | 1740 | 2016 submersible Alvin; 2009 towed camera/CTD/bottles |
| EPR, 18 32'S | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -18.5550 | -113.4160 | 2647 | 1993 submersible Nautile |
| EPR, 29.8 S, Segment E1 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -29.8000 | -111.7300 | 2580 | 1998 plume only |
| Soria Moria | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | Mohns Ridge | 71.2593 | -5.8146 | 750 | 2005 ROV BIODEEP-05 cruise |
| Gorda Ridge, 41 30'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Gorda Ridge | 41.5167 | -127.4500 | 3350 | 1984 deposits only |
| Bai Causeway | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SWIR | -37.9000 | 48.8000 | 3000 | 2014 leg 2 or 3 of the 30th Chinese Cruise |
| GEISEIR site 35, segment O3 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SEIR | -47.6179 | 97.8678 | 2600 | 2009 plume only |
| EPR, 14 35'S | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -14.5830 | -112.6670 | 2630 | 1993 plume only |
| CIR, Segment 3, Hydrothermal Plume Site | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | CIR | -24.0000 | 69.6667 | 2840 | 1987 plume only; 2005/2006 plume only |
| GEISEIR site 17, segment L3 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | SEIR | -41.6498 | 87.3481 | 2500 | 2010 plume only |
| EPR, Manzanillo Spreading Segment | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | N EPR | 18.2500 | -106.3000 | 2600 | 1997 plume only |
| Longqi | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | SWIR | -37.7838 | 49.6494 | 2785 | 2007 towed video sled followed by AUV ABE; 2005 plume only |