Erebus Basin

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Coordinates: 77 ° 15 ′  S , 165 ° 50 ′  E

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The Erebus Basin is a lake basin in the Antarctic Ross Sea northwest of Ross Island .

It is named after the other geographical objects in the area, which are named after the ship HMS Erebus of the Antarctic expedition (1839–1843) of the British polar explorer James Clark Ross . These include Mount Erebus , Erebus Bay and the Erebus glacier tongue .

Web links

  • Erebus Basin in the database of the Marine gazetteer (English)