= Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents
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The Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents are a series of underwater hydrothermal vent fields located along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, which is an active tectonic plate boundary situated off the coast of Washington State, USA. Discovered in 1980, these vents are characterized by the emission of superheated, mineral-rich water from the ocean floor, which is formed when seawater seeps into the Earth's crust, gets heated by volcanic activity, and then rises back to the ocean.
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