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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSDP Hole 504B | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Galapagos Rift | 1.2267 | -83.7300 | 3500 | NotProvided |
| Paramushir Island | inactive | arc volcano | Kuril Arc | 50.3300 | 155.5000 | 800 | NotProvided |
| EPR 87D1 Seamount | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N EPR | 11.5333 | -103.8600 | 2090 | NotProvided |
| Brown Bear Seamount | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | JdF Ridge | 46.0333 | -130.5500 | 1500 | NotProvided |
| Petersburgskoe | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 19.8666 | -45.8666 | 3100 | 2010 dredging only |
| MAR, 23 35'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 23.5833 | -45.0000 | 3500 | 1980 submersible Alvin did not observe hydrothermal activity |
| Romanche Fracture Zone | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | S MAR | -0.9767 | -24.5133 | 3100 | NotProvided |
| Galapagos Rift, 85 50'W | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Galapagos Rift | 0.7500 | -85.8333 | 2600 | 1988 or earlier submersible observations |
| Nishi-Shichito Ridge | inactive | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 31.3667 | 138.7500 | 1600 | NotProvided |
| SEIR | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | SEIR | -28.0614 | 74.1733 | 5000 | NotProvided |
| Parece Vela Ridge, Philippine Sea | inactive | back-arc spreading center | Parece Vela Basin | 16.0000 | 139.1667 | 5000 | NotProvided |
| Shinkurose Bank | inactive | arc volcano | Izu-Bonin Arc | 33.5667 | 140.1667 | 200 | 1992 or earlier submersible Shinkai 2000 |
| Hess Deep | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Galapagos Rift | 2.2500 | -101.5000 | 5100 | NotProvided |
| Squid Forest | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Kolbeinsey Ridge | 68.0000 | -17.5000 | 900 | 1999 ROV Aglantha |
| MAR, 24 20'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 24.3500 | -46.2000 | 3200 | NotProvided |
| Jade Emperor Mountain | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | SWIR | -37.9400 | 49.2600 | 1500 | 2010 video sled, plume survey, and geological sampling all suggest inactive |
| E Eye of Mordor | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Galapagos Rift | 1.9058 | -91.2310 | 1600 | 2005 towed video Medea found inactive chimneys |
| MAR, 24 30'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 24.5000 | -46.1533 | 3900 | 1987 deposits only |
| MESO Zone | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | CIR | -23.3927 | 69.2422 | 2850 | 1993 TV grab and water column measurements |
| Green Seamount | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N EPR | 20.8033 | -109.2833 | 2000 | 1982 submersible Alvin observed only inactive |
| 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 |
| Dellwood Seamount | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Explorer Ridge | 50.7470 | -130.8961 | 800 | 1974 or earlier deposits only; 2018 ROV Hercules inactive |
| MAR, 25 50'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 25.8083 | -44.9833 | 3000 | NotProvided |
| Philippine Ridge, West Philippine Basin | inactive | back-arc spreading center | West Philippine Basin | 12.0000 | 131.4170 | 5800 | NotProvided |
| Mata Nima | inactive | arc volcano | Lau Basin | -14.9583 | -173.7833 | 2670 | 2010 no plume detected |
| Ashadze-3 | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 12.9860 | -44.8610 | 4200 | 2005 plume and dredge only |
| EPR, 13 N, SE Seamount | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N EPR | 12.7000 | -103.8600 | 2500 | 1981 towed camera, dredging, and plume did not confirm activity; 1982 and 1984 submersible Cyana did not confirm activity |
| MAR, 12 48'N | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 12.8000 | -44.7883 | 2400 | NotProvided |
| Galapagos Rift, 95 W | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Galapagos Rift | 2.5000 | -95.1667 | 2600 | NotProvided |
| Owen transform fault | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | Carlsberg Ridge | 9.8333 | 57.9500 | 4500 | NotProvided |