Mount Erebus - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
[change | change source]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]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand Disasters, "Aircraft Accident: DC. 10 ZK-NZP Flight 901"; retrieved 2012-6-15.