Mount Erebus

A collection of information for trip preparation

Mount Erebus (elevation: 12,444 feet, 3,794 m) is on Ross Island in the Ross Sea. Erebus is an active volcano with a convecting lava lake within a summit crater. It has been continuously active since 1972. Most eruptions are small and Strombolian in character, tossing bombs onto the crater rim. The volcano is less than one million years old.
The lava within the lava lake is alkalic in composition. Specifically, it is called anorthoclase phonolite. Anorthoclase is a feldspar mineral. Phonolite refers to rocks made of the minerals alkali feldspar and nepheline. Alkalic lava is common in rift volcanoes.
(text from Volcano World)

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Literature

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Mythology

  • Greek mythology about Erebos and the old greek gods.

Lothar Fritsch, 28-Oct-2003
fritsch@klammeraffe.org