Erebus glacier
| Erebus glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 41 ′ S , 167 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Erebus Bay | |
The Erebus Glacier is an Antarctic glacier that flows west from the southern slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island to Erebus Bay , where it forms the Erebus Glacier tongue .
It is named after the glacier tongue and Mount Erebus, which are named after the ship HMS Erebus of the British polar explorer James Clark Ross (1800–1862).
Web links
- Erebus Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Erebus Glacier on geographic.org (English)