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Loki's Castle
Loki's Castle (Loki's Castle Vent Field, LCVF) is a 2008-discovered black smoker hydrothermal vent field at 73°N on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, about 2,300 m deep, sediment-influenced, home to Sclerolinum tube worms and the source sediments of Lokiarchaeota.
Lost City Hydrothermal Field
Lost City Hydrothermal Field: alkaline vent field on the Atlantis Massif, 30°N Atlantic, ~15 km west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Discovered 2000; serpentinization-powered carbonate chimneys up to 60 m; fluids 40–116°C, pH 9–11; Methanosarcinales-dominated biofilms.