Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus
	Mount Erebus
Highest point
Elevation	3,794 m (12,448 ft)
Prominence	3,794 m (12,448 ft); Ranked 34th
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	77°31′47″S 167°09′12″E / 77.52972°S 167.15333°E
Geography
	Mount Erebus Mount Erebus in Antarctica
Location	Ross Island, Antarctica; (claimed by New Zealand as part of the Ross Dependency)
Topo map	Ross Island
Geology
Age of rock	1.3 million years
Mountain type	Stratovolcano (composite cone)
Volcanic belt	McMurdo Volcanic Group
Last eruption	2020
Climbing
First ascent	1908 by Edgeworth David and party

Mount Erebus (/ˈɛrɪbəs/) is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley), the highest active volcano in Antarctica, and the southernmost active volcano on Earth. It is the sixth-highest peak of an island and the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica after Mount Vinson.^[4] It has a summit elevation of 3,794 metres (12,448 ft). It is located in the Ross Dependency on Ross Island, which is also home to three inactive volcanoes: Mount Terror, Mount Bird, and Mount Terra Nova.^{[citation needed]} The mountain was named by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841 for his ship, HMS Erebus.^[2]

The volcano has been active for around 1.3 million years and has a long-lived lava lake in its inner summit crater that has been present since at least the early 1970s.

On 28 November, 1979, Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed on Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.

^ ^a ^b Mount Erebus GVP.
^ ^a ^b Alberts 1995, p. 223.
^ "Antarctic explorers". Australian Antarctic Division. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
^ "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences", peaklist.org, Aaron Maizlish

[FOOTNOTEMount_Erebus_GVP-1] Mount Erebus GVP.

[FOOTNOTEAlberts1995223-2] Alberts 1995, p. 223.

[3] "Antarctic explorers". Australian Antarctic Division. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

[4] "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences", peaklist.org, Aaron Maizlish

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