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Ross Island, Ross Dependency · Antarctica
Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth and the highest point on Ross Island, Antarctica. It is one of only a handful of volcanoes on the planet with a persistent, actively convecting lava lake, present in its inner summit crater since at least the early 1970s. Discovered erupting by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841, who named it after his expedition ship HMS Erebus, the mountain is not a normal climbing or tourist destination — access is essentially limited to scientists and support staff operating out of nearby McMurdo Station and Scott Base as part of organized national Antarctic programs.
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