Fig. 1: Overview of the location of high-Arctic (>72 °N) cold seeps and hydrothermal vents. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Overview of the location of high-Arctic (>72 °N) cold seeps and hydrothermal vents.

From: Deep-sea gas hydrate mounds and chemosynthetic fauna discovered at 3640 m on the Molloy Ridge, Greenland Sea

Fig. 1: Overview of the location of high-Arctic (>72 °N) cold seeps and hydrothermal vents.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a regional map of seeps (yellow) and vents (orange): yellow star = Freya gas hydrate mounds; orange star = Jøtul vent field 1 = Vestnesa Ridge seeps; 2 = Prins Karls Forland seeps; 3 = Storfjordrenna gas hydrate mounds; 4 = Bjørnøyrenna seeps; 5 = Leirdjupet Fault Complex seeps; 6 = Borealis Mud Volcano; 7 = Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano; 8 = Loki’s Castle; 9 = Aurora Vent Field. Seabed topography shown is from the Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) synthesis70. b map of seafloor features observed during ROV dives at the Freya gas hydrate mounds (79.6 °N, depth 3640 m). Detailed bathymetry from MAREANO/Norwegian Mapping Authority71.

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