Hydrate Ridge

Hydrate Ridge is a 200 m (700 ft) high clathrate hydrate formation in the Pacific Northwest, 100 km (62 mi) offshore of Oregon. Ridges like Hydrate store more than 50% of the Earth's emplaced carbon reserves, and release large amounts of methane in cold seeps.

Because it is one of the most easily accessed such formations in the ocean, and because the effects of oceanic methane release is still poorly understood, Hydrate Ridge has received significant scientific attention since its discovery.