Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus is a volcano on Ross Island in Antarctica. It is the most southern active volcano in the world.

Erebus is 3,895 meters (12,779 ft) high.

History

On November 28, 1979, an airplane, Air New Zealand Flight 901, crashed into Mount Erebus during a storm. All 257 people in the airplane died.^[1]

Anorthoclase crystal (45 mm long) from Mt. Erebus
Photograph of Mount Erebus (and Adélie penguins) taken by the Terra Nova expedition in 1913
Topographic map of Ross Island (1:250,000 scale) Mount Erebus is in the lower left. Mount Bird is in the upper left. Mount Terra Nova is in the middle. Mount Terror is in the right.
Aerial view of Mount Erebus craters
Satellite picture of Mount Erebus showing glow from its persistent lava lake
Mount Erebus in December 1955

↑ Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand Disasters, "Aircraft Accident: DC. 10 ZK-NZP Flight 901"; retrieved 2012-6-15.

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