LoihiVents
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Operating area: Loihi Seamount From 6000m depths to summit of Loihi seamount (~1000m) ± Ocean Entry Site (500m) off south coast of Big Island, HI.
Route: Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States → Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States
Jan 5 – Jan 11, 20236 days at seaactual: departed Jan 5, 2023, arrived Jan 11, 2023
Dec 2022
Jan 2023
Feb
Kilo Moana
University of Hawaii
Mariana CORK-Lites +1 — Mariana forearc serpentine mud volcanoes that were drilled as part of IODP and ODPLoihiVents +1 — Loihi Seamount From 6000m depths to summit of Loihi seamount (~1000m) ± Ocean Entry Site (500m) off south coast of Big Island, HI.HOT 2023-1 of 10 — Station ALOHA is the long-term study site for the HOT program
Projects aboard (2)
Jason Eng Dives - Honolulu
48hrs for JASON engineering - testing single-body operations on the .681 cable.
People aboard
Jason Eng Dives - Honolulu
- Kevin Kavanagh · Principal investigator
LoihiVents
- Chris German · Principal investigator
Party size: 12
Estimated vacant berths: 17
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Dynamic Positioning (DP)
- Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
- Overboarding Cable - Fiber Optic
- Stern A-Frame
- Dynamic Positioning (DP)
- ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
- Multibeam - Deep Water (EM122, EM124)
Pooled / portable
- CTD
Science party brings
- Science-provided vans ×4
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code KM2302 EAGER · MFP references 22/2423, 21/272 · synced Sep 30, 2026