Main Crater
| Main Crater | ||
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| height | 3750 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Mount Erebus | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Main Crater is, as the name suggests, the 3750 m high main crater of the Mount Erebus volcano on the Antarctic Ross Island . The Inner Crater located in this crater forms the actual summit of the volcano and is home to an anorthoclase - phonolithic lava lake .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names gave the crater its descriptive name in 2000 .
Web links
- Main Crater in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Main Crater on geographic.org (English)