Erebus, MOUNT, an active volcano on Victoria Land, in 78° 10' S. lat., rising 12,367 feet above the sea. It was discovered in 1841 by Ross, who named it after one of his vessels, and whose further progress south was barred by a wall of ice. See ANTARCTIC OCEAN.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 411
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