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    Mount Erebus (/ˈɛrɪbəs/) is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley), the highest active volcano in Antarctica, and the southernmost...
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    The Mount Erebus disaster occurred on 28 November 1979 when Air New Zealand Flight 901 (TE901) flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica, killing...
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    Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) eastward of Mount Erebus. Mount Terror was named in 1841 by polar explorer Sir James Clark Ross for...
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    those of Erebus. Recovery of the ship's bell was announced on 6 November 2014. On 4 March 2015, it was announced that a diving expedition on Erebus, by Parks...
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    the slopes of Mount Erebus. Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay. Cape Royds...
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    a snow-covered mountain, 2,130 metres (6,990 ft) high, between Mount Erebus and Mount Terror volcanoes on Ross Island in Antarctica. It was first mapped...
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    even in the mountaineering world compared to the much more accessible Mount Erebus, the second-highest Antarctic volcano which is located near the U.S....
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  • refer to: Mount Erebus in Israel, more commonly known as the Mount of Beatitudes Erebus (crater), a crater on Mars named after the ship Erebus Montes, a...
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    Mount Erebus is a 3,112-metre (10,210-foot) mountain summit located near the Tonquin Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Mount Erebus is...
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    recent decades: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica Erta Ale, Ethiopia Kīlauea, Big Island, Hawaiʻi Masaya volcano, Nicaragua Mount Michael, Saunders...
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    volume of 1,800 cubic kilometres (430 cu mi) is comparable to that of Mount Erebus. Mount Siple is named after Paul A. Siple (1908–68), a US Antarctic explorer...
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    Australia and New Zealand until the Mount Erebus disaster in 1979, when an Air New Zealand plane crashed into Mount Erebus, killing all of the 257 people on...
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  • flight 901, a scheduled sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashed into Mount Erebus. The Douglas DC-10-30 disintegrated on impact killing all 237 passengers...
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  • Kyle Hills (redirect from Mount McIntosh)
    with focus on long-term research of the volcano Mount Erebus, and was in charge of the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory, 2000. Map all coordinates using...
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  • 600 ft) high pass, Bird Pass, separates the bulk of Mount Bird from the northern slopes of Mount Erebus. The peninsula is flanked to the west and east by...
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    McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ZK-NZP, which crashed on Mount Erebus on 28 November. "Air NZ apologises for Mt Erebus crash". The Age. Wellington. October 24, 2009...
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    – This island features four principal volcanoes: Mount Erebus, Mount Terror, Mount Bird, and Mount Terra Nova. The United States and New Zealand scientific...
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  • 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...
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    to the pole in exploration history. Also, members of his team climbed Mount Erebus, the most active Antarctic volcano. On returning home, Shackleton was...
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    Point Peninsula east to Terror Point. Mount Erebus is to the northwest, Mount Terra Nova to the north and Mount Terror to the northeast. Cape Crozier...
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  • Commission of Inquiry into the 1979 crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 into Mount Erebus. His assessment of the airline's witnesses having engaged in "an orchestrated...
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    The 372-ton Erebus had been armed with two mortars – one 13 in (330 mm) and one 10 in (250 mm) – and ten guns. In September 1839, Erebus and Terror departed...
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    in crystals. The Antarctic Sun: Mount Erebus Throws Fit (Page 2) Origins: Antarctica: Field Notes: Five Senses on Erebus Mountain, E.D. (17 March 1925)...
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    magnetic pole, and the expedition also achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarctica's second highest volcano. The expedition lacked governmental...
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  • DC-10's third deadliest crash happened with Air New Zealand Flight 901 or Mount Erebus disaster on November 28, 1979. The aircraft was on a sightseeing flight...
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    expeditions Little America (exploration base) Marble Point McMurdo Sound Mount Erebus Palmer Station Plateau Station List of active permanent Antarctic research...
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    of Mount Erebus killing all 257 people on board. It was the most deadly air crash in the history of both Antarctica and New Zealand (see Mount Erebus disaster)...
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    Ross, who also named a nearby and slightly taller peak to the west, Mount Erebus. Erebus and Terror Gulf, in Antarctica. Named for the vessels used by Royal...
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    Victoria Land Basin runs between Mount Melbourne and Mount Erebus and appears to be related to their existence. Mount Melbourne appears to lie in a graben;...
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    less than a month before the crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 on Mount Erebus in Antarctica. The aircraft involved was a wide-body McDonnell Douglas...
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