Vent Fields
Welcome to Version 2 (an older version) of 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 (if active, visual confirmation is listed first) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 N Ridge Site | active, confirmed | back-arc spreading center | Mariana Trough | 13.10 | 143.68 | 2 900 | 2000 deep-tow camera |
| 94SO2 | active, inferred | back-arc spreading center | New Hebrides back-arc | -19.40 | 169.90 | 980 | 1994 towed camera with temperature did not confirm activity |
| AAR KR1 | active, inferred | -62.00 | 160.00 | 2011 | |||
| AAR KR2 | active, inferred | -60.00 | 152.50 | 2011 | |||
| ABE | active, confirmed | back-arc spreading center | Lau Basin | -20.76 | -176.19 | 2 220 | 2004 AUV ABE; 2004 plume only on previous cruise |
| Aden | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | Tadjoura Rift, western Gulf of Aden | 11.95 | 43.67 | 1 600 | 1984 submersible Cyana |
| Aden New Century Mountains | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Tadjoura Rift, western Gulf of Aden | 12.08 | 45.67 | 800 | 2000-2001 plume only |
| Adventure Caldera | active, confirmed | arc volcano | South Sandwich Arc | -59.72 | -27.86 | 520 | 2011 SHRIMP towed camera system; 2010 high resolution bathymetry only |
| AHA Field | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | N EPR | 1.73 | -102.28 | 2 850 | 2000 towed imaging ARGO-II |
| Ahyi | active, inferred | arc volcano | Mariana Arc | 20.42 | 145.03 | 60 | 2003 plume only |
| Akuseki-jima | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Ryukyu Arc | 29.46 | 129.60 | 5 | 1993 or earlier, likely by SCUBA |
| Alice Springs Field | active, confirmed | back-arc spreading center | Mariana Trough | 18.22 | 144.68 | 3 640 | 1987 submersible Alvin; 1982 plume only |
| AMAR | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 36.38 | -33.65 | 2 600 | 1992 plume only; 1994 plume only |
| Animal Farm | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | S EPR | -18.61 | -113.40 | 2 675 | 1993 submersible Nautile |
| Ashadze | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 12.97 | -44.86 | 4 200 | 2003 TV profiling; 2007 ROV Victor 6000 |
| Ashadze 2 | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 12.99 | -44.91 | 3 300 | 2007 ROV Victor 6000; 2005 TV profiling, plume, and dredge did not confirm activity |
| Ashadze 3 | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 12.99 | -44.86 | 4 200 | 2005 plume and dredge only |
| Ashadze 4 | inactive | mid-ocean ridge | N MAR | 12.97 | -44.85 | 4 530 | 2007 ROV VICTOR 6000 did not find hydrothermal activity |
| Atlantis II Deep | active, inferred | mid-ocean ridge | Red Sea | 21.37 | 38.08 | 2 200 | 1965 "confirmed" hot brine and cored seafloor, but see Table 1 in Miller et al. (1966) for historical measurements |
| Aurora | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | Gakkel Ridge | 82.88 | -6.25 | 4 100 | 2001 shimmering water in camera tow and sulfide chimney in dredge |
| Axial Volcano, ASHES | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | JdF Ridge | 45.93 | -130.02 | 1 540 | 1984 submersible Alvin |
| Axial Volcano, CASM | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | JdF Ridge | 45.99 | -130.03 | 1 580 | 1983 submersible Pisces IV |
| Axial Volcano, South Rift Zone | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | JdF Ridge | 45.94 | -129.98 | 1 544 | 1986 submersible Pisces IV |
| Baby Bare Seamount | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | JdF Ridge | 47.71 | -127.79 | 2 600 | 1995 submersible Alvin |
| Baily's Beads | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | S MAR | -13.28 | -14.41 | 2 288 | 2009 towed video |
| Banda Api | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Banda Arc | -4.53 | 129.87 | 3 | 1993 SCUBA |
| Banua Wuhu submarine volcano | active, confirmed | arc volcano | Sangihe Arc | 3.14 | 125.49 | 10 | 1996 or earlier, likely by SCUBA |
| Bataan | active, inferred | arc volcano | Luzon/Bicol Arc | 20.00 | 122.00 | 2002 or earlier some indications of activity | |
| Bayonnaise Knoll caldera | active, inferred | back-arc spreading center | Izu-Bonin back-arc | 31.97 | 139.73 | 800 | 2003 temperature anomalies, but camera survey observed inactive vent deposits |
| Beebe | active, confirmed | mid-ocean ridge | Mid-Cayman Rise | 18.54 | -81.72 | 4 960 | April 2010 (Autosub6000 AUV and HyBIS TVG; 2009 plume only |