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Erebus, Mount, volcanic peak, 12,280 ft (3,743 m) high, on Ross Island, in the Ross Sea, E Antarctica. One of the loftiest volcanoes of the world, it was discovered in 1841 by the British explorer James C. Ross and named for one of his two ships. It was climbed in 1908 by a party under a British geologist, T. W. E. David. It was last active in 1991 and is one of only three active volcanoes in Antarctica.

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No references found			Fyfe was speaking in Auckland at the unveiling at the company's headquarters of a memorial sculpture commemorating the loss of all passengers and crew when the Douglas DC10 crashed into Antarctica's Mount Erebus on November 28, 1979. Air New Zealand apologises for 1979 air crash by AFP / AFP Asian Edition Fyfe said the incident, which comes exactly 29 years to the day of New Zealand's worst-ever air crash when the airline's plane on a sightseeing trip in Antarctica hit the side of Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board "just adds to the sense of tragedy". Airbus test flight in deadly crash by Aljazeera.net The accident happened 29 years after the crash of an Air New Zealand DC10 into Mount Erebus in Antarctica on November 28, 1979. Air New Zealand mourns staff believed dead in French air crash by AFP / AFP Global Edition			mound mound bird Mound Builders Mound Key Archeological State Park Moundou Mounds State Park Moundsville Mounet-Sully, Jean Mounier, Emmanuel mount Mount Airy Forest & Arboretum Mount Allison University1 Mount Apo Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Badon Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Mount Blue State Park Mount Cameroon Race Mount Carmel Mount Ceahlau Feast Mount Clemens Mount Cook Mount Cook National Park Mount Desert Island Mount Diablo State Park Mount Erebus Mount Everett State Reservation Mount Fuji Mount Gilead State Park Mount Grace State Forest Mount Greylock State Reservation Mount Hagen Show Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke Range State Park Mount Hood National Forest Mount Hood Scenic Byway Mount Hopkins Observatory Mount Isa Mount Isa Rodeo and Mardi Gras Mount Jefferson State Natural Area Mount Kenya Mount Kosciusko Mount Lofty Mount Magazine State Park Mount Marx Mount McKinley National Park Mount Mitchell Mount Mitchell State Park Mount Mushketov Mount Nebo State Park Mount of Olives			Mount Diablo Silverado Council Mount Diablo State Park Mount Dora Center for the Arts Mount Dora Golf Club Mount Dora High School Mount Dora Library Association Mount Dora Yacht Club Mount Durmitor Mount Ebeko Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex Mount Egmont Mount eiger Mount eiger Mount Elbert Mount Elbert Mount Elbrus Mount Elbrus Mount Elgon Mount Elgon Mount Elgon National Park Mount Eliza Secondary College Mount Elizabeth Hospital Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre Mount Ellis Academy Mount Emei Mount Enterprise Branch Library Mount Ephraim Fire Department Mount Ephraim Police Reserves Inc Mount Erebus Mount Erymanthos Mount Erymanthos Mount Etna Mount Etna Mount Etna/ Mt Etna Mount Evelyn Township Improvement Committee Mount Everast Mount Everest Mount Everest Mount Everest Mount Everest Experiment Mount Everest Golden Jubilee Celebrations Mount Everest Mineral Water Ltd. Mount Everett State Reservation Mount Evrest Mount Florida Bowling Club Mount Forest District High School Mount Fuji Mount Fuji Mount Fuji Mount Fujiyama Mount Fujiyama Mount Gaash Mount Gambier Karting Club Mount Garmo Mount Gerizim Mount Gilead State Park Mount Godwin Austen Mount Godwin Austen

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