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Mount Erebus (/ ˈ ɛr ɪ b ə s /) is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica.With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres (12,441 ft), it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica (after Mount Vinson) and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after the dormant Mount Sidley).
The Erebus hotspot is a volcanic hotspot responsible for the high volcanic activity on Ross Island in the western Ross Sea of Antarctica. Its current eruptive zone, Mount Erebus, has erupted continuously since its discovery in 1841. Magmas of the Erebus hotspot are similar to those erupted from hotspots at the active East African Rift in ...
Erebus Glacier is a glacier draining the lower southern slopes of Mount Erebus. It flows west to Erebus Bay where it forms the floating Erebus Glacier Tongue. [18] Shell Glacier is a western lobe of the Mount Bird icecap.
On the slope of Erebus, Herzog and Zeitlinger explore ice caves formed by fumaroles. Continuing the progression into the metaphysical, the filmmakers visit the launch of a giant helium balloon used in a neutrino detection project ( ANITA ) and interview physicist Peter Gorham.
Satellite picture showing the lava lake of Mount Erebus, Antarctica. Aerial view of a lava lake in Pu’u ’Ō’ō crater, east rift zone of Kīlauea. The crater is about 820 ft (250 m) in diameter. Aerial view of a lava lake atop the Kūpaʻianahā vent on the east rift zone of Kīlauea volcano.
Monogenetic cones usually erupt in the Strombolian style. For example, the Parícutin volcano erupted continuously between 1943–1952, Mount Erebus, Antarctica has produced Strombolian eruptions for at least many decades, and Stromboli itself has been producing Strombolian eruptions for over two thousand years. The Romans referred to Stromboli ...
Three subprovinces comprise the McMurdo Volcanic Group, namely the Hallett, Melbourne and Erebus volcanic provinces. [1] The Balleny Volcanic Province along the Balleny fracture zone in the Southern Ocean was originally defined as a part of the McMurdo Volcanic Group but it is now excluded due to its location on oceanic crust with no obvious geographic or tectonic relationship to the other ...
The Mount Erebus disaster occurred on 28 November 1979 when Air New Zealand Flight 901 (TE901) [nb 1] flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. [1] [2] Air New Zealand had been operating scheduled Antarctic sightseeing flights since 1977.