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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 Lower Erebus Hut (LEH) is a permanent field facility located on Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. The hut served as the seasonal base of the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory (MEVO), run by New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT). The installation comprises two huts, one kitchen and recreation building and one working and ...
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, and one of only two in Antarctica. Its summit is 12448 feet. The volcano was discovered and named by Sir. James Clark Ross in January of 1841.
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 ...
Ross Island's Mount Erebus looms over McMurdo and Scott in the polar twilight Other stations near McMurdo, besides Scott Base, include the Italian seasonal base Zucchelli Station which is on the coast of the Ross Sea ( Terra Nova Bay ), [ 82 ] the German seasonal base Gondwana Station at Gerlache Inlet also in Terra Nova Bay, [ 83 ] and the ...
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.
Fumarolic ice tower on Mount Erebus. A fumarolic ice tower is a tower of ice produced by fumaroles of volcanic activity in an environment whose ambient temperature is below the freezing point of water. They are often underlain by large ice caves. Mount Erebus, the world's southernmost active volcano, is one producer of these ice towers. The ...
Mount Erebus, a 3,794-meter (12,448 ft) high active volcano, towers over Ross Island. On the west side of the Sound, the Royal Society Range and Mount Discovery, an extinct volcano, provide spectacular vistas. The mean annual temperature is −18 °C (0 °F).