Comfortless Cove, Turtle Pits hydrothermal field, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex, Atlantic Ocean i
Regional Level Types
Comfortless Cove Hydrothermal Vent
Turtle Pits hydrothermal field Hydrothermal Vent
Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex Mid-Ocean Ridge
Atlantic Ocean Ocean

Regional Level Types
Comfortless Cove	Hydrothermal Vent
Turtle Pits hydrothermal field	Hydrothermal Vent
Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex	Mid-Ocean Ridge
Atlantic Ocean	Ocean

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

4° 48' 11'' South , 12° 22' 18'' West

Latitude & Longitude (decimal):

G#: 7xphwmx4x

Type:

Mindat Locality ID:

302105

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:302105:0

GUID (UUID V4):

Vents - Foggy Corner, Golden Valley, Sisters Peak

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Atlantic OceanOcean

Mid-Atlantic Ridge complexMid-Ocean Ridge
South American BasinOceanic Crust

South America PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Haase, K. M., Petersen, S., Koschinsky, A., Seifert, R., Devey, C. W., Keir, R., ... & Süling, J. (2007). Young volcanism and related hydrothermal activity at 5° S on the slow‐spreading southern Mid‐Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8(11).

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