Minami-Ensei Knoll |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
28.3917 |
127.6417 |
740 |
1988 deep tow TV surveys followed by submersible Shinkai 2000; 1986 dredged Calyptogena shells |
Woodlark Basin, Segment 5B |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Woodlark Basin |
-9.2540 |
156.1910 |
3550 |
1986 plume only; 2000 plume only |
Peggy Ridge |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-16.9233 |
-176.8250 |
1900 |
1975 or earlier rock samples only; inactive in systematic survey on Arculus cruise SS07/2008 |
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 |
Franklin Seamount |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Woodlark Basin |
-9.9083 |
151.8300 |
2366 |
1990 submersible Mir |
Solwara 17 |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.0380 |
147.5280 |
535 |
2009 commercial ROV Fugro FV300; 2008 plumes with some sites subsequently observed with ROV |
Vienna Woods |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.1667 |
150.2833 |
2500 |
1990 TV-grab (also same year, sampled by submersible Mir); 1985 (or 1986) camera tow vent fauna and inactive chimneys |
N-ELSC, plume 29 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-19.6000 |
-175.9750 |
2700 |
2004 plume only |
Tarama Knoll |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
25.0916 |
124.5416 |
1990 |
2009 ROV HyperDolphin |
Mariana Trough, 16.5 N |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Mariana Trough |
16.4010 |
144.8700 |
3829 |
2015 plume only |
Kueishan Island, offshore |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
24.8333 |
122.0000 |
1200 |
2008 or earlier |
SPOT, Yonaguni Knoll IV |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
24.8490 |
122.7000 |
1385 |
2000 submersibles Shinkai 2000 and Shinkai 6500 |
MTJ, T08C03 and T08C04 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.6100 |
-174.8200 |
2300 |
2008 plume only |
West Fiji Ridge |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
North Fiji Basin |
-17.0000 |
176.0000 |
3000 |
1995 deep tow |
Okinawa Trough, Site ES1 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
30.3303 |
129.0827 |
521 |
1992 dredge only |
CLSC, southern plumes on CL6 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-18.5000 |
-176.3833 |
2250 |
2009 plume only |
Tu'i Malila |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-21.9876 |
-176.5678 |
1870 |
2005 ROV Jason II; 2004 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 |
Pere Lachaise |
inactive |
back-arc spreading center |
North Fiji Basin |
-16.9667 |
173.9333 |
2000 |
1989 submersible Nautile did not find activity; 1991 submersible Shinkai 6500 did not find activity |
Higa |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Okinawa Trough |
26.5550 |
126.2233 |
1485 |
2015 ROV Kaiko |
Mussel Valley |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
North Fiji Basin |
-18.8167 |
173.4833 |
2700 |
1989 submersible Nautile; 1987 plume; 1988 towed camera did not confirm activity |
FRSC, Central |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-16.4917 |
-174.5417 |
2419 |
2004 plume only |
Solwara 18 |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.0760 |
147.2390 |
1308 |
2008 plumes with some sites subsequently observed with ROV; 2009 commercial ROV Fugro FV300 (activity not confirmed) |
Vienna Woods, Hydrothermal Field 4 |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Manus Basin |
-3.3712 |
150.0360 |
2240 |
1990 TV-grab |
ABE |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-20.7619 |
-176.1910 |
2220 |
2004 AUV ABE; 2004 plume only on previous cruise |
Mariana Trough, 18.2 N |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Mariana Trough |
18.1080 |
144.7380 |
3916 |
2015 plume only |
Hine Hina |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-22.5300 |
-176.6970 |
1900 |
1989 submersible Nautile |
Nifonea Ridge |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
New Hebrides back-arc |
-18.1330 |
169.5170 |
1900 |
2001 towed video; 2013 ROV Kiel 6000 black smokers |
Mariana Mounds |
active, confirmed |
back-arc spreading center |
Mariana Trough |
18.0333 |
144.2833 |
3600 |
1987 submersible Alvin |
MTJ, T08C03, 15.72 S |
active, inferred |
back-arc spreading center |
Lau Basin |
-15.7186 |
-174.8338 |
2400 |
2008 plume only |