Antarctica

Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on in the Ross Dependency in . With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres, it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 4,069 metres
  • Description: volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Erebus, Mount”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crystal Slope and Camp Slope.

Peak
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on in the Ross Dependency in . With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres, it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica.

Peak
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on in the Ross Dependency in . With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres, it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica.

Crater
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on in the Ross Dependency in . With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres, it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nausea Knob.

Locality
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on in the Ross Dependency in . With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres, it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica.

Mount Erebus

Latitude
-77.52941° or 77° 31′ 46″ south
Longitude
167.14936° or 167° 8′ 58″ east
Elevation
4,069 metres (13,350 feet)
Named after
HMS Erebus
Open location code
2VJ9F4CX+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 515093744
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
6632798
Wiki­data ID
Q188982
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Mount Erebus from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mount Erebus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Erebus (berg)”
  • Afrikaans: “Erebus”
  • Arabic: “جبل إريباص”
  • Armenian: “Էրեբուս”
  • Asturian: “Monte Erebus”
  • Azerbaijani: “Erebus vulkanı”
  • Basque: “Erebus mendia”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Эрэбус”
  • Belarusian: “Эрэбус”
  • Bosnian: “Mount Erebus”
  • Breton: “Menez Erebus”
  • Bulgarian: “Еребус”
  • Catalan: “Mont Erebus”
  • Cebuano: “Erebus”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Erebus”
  • Chinese: “埃里伯斯山”
  • Chinese: “埃里伯斯火山”
  • Cornish: “Menydh Erebus”
  • Croatian: “Mount Erebus”
  • Czech: “Mount Erebus”
  • Danish: “Mount Erebus”
  • Dutch: “Erebus”
  • Dutch: “Erebusberg”
  • Dutch: “Mount Erebus”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Erebus”
  • Estonian: “Erebus”
  • Finnish: “Erebus”
  • Finnish: “Mount Erebus”
  • French: “mont Erebus”
  • French: “Mont Erebus”
  • Georgian: “ერებუსი”
  • German: “Mount Erebus”
  • Greek: “Όρος Έρεβος”
  • Hebrew: “הר ארבוס”
  • Hindi: “माउण्ट इरेबस”
  • Hindi: “माउण्ट एरेबुस”
  • Hungarian: “Mount Erebus”
  • Iloko: “Bantay Erebus”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Erebus”
  • Italian: “Erebus”
  • Italian: “Monte Erebus”
  • Italian: “Mount Erebus”
  • Japanese: “エレバス山”
  • Kazakh: “Эребус”
  • Korean: “에러버스산”
  • Korean: “에레부스 산”
  • Korean: “에레부스산”
  • Ladin: “Mount Erebus”
  • Latin: “Mons Erebus”
  • Latvian: “Erebuss”
  • Lithuanian: “Erebusas”
  • Lithuanian: “Erebuso kalnas”
  • Low German: “Mount Erebus”
  • Macedonian: “Еребус”
  • Malay: “Gunung Erebus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Erebus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Erebus”
  • Norwegian: “Mount Erebus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Erebus”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Erebus Beorg”
  • Persian: “آتشفشان اربوس”
  • Persian: “اتشفشان اربوس”
  • Persian: “کوه اربوس”
  • Persian: “کوهٔ اربوس”
  • Polish: “Erebus”
  • Polish: “Mount Erebus”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Érebo”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Erebus”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Erebus”
  • Russian: “вулкан Эребус”
  • Russian: “Вулкан Эребус”
  • Russian: “Эребус”
  • Scots: “Mount Erebus”
  • Serbian: “Erebus”
  • Serbian: “Mount Erebus”
  • Serbian: “Еребус”
  • Serbian: “Монт Еребус”
  • Serbian: “Планина Еребус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Erebus”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mount Erebus”
  • Slovak: “Erebus”
  • Slovak: “Mount Erebus”
  • Slovak: “Mt. Erebus”
  • Spanish: “Monte Erebus”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Erebus”
  • Swedish: “Erebus”
  • Swedish: “Mount Erebus”
  • Thai: “ภูเขาไฟเอเรบัส”
  • Turkish: “Erebus Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “вулкан Еребус”
  • Ukrainian: “Еребус”
  • Uzbek: “Erebus”
  • Venetian: “Erebus”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Erebus”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Erebus”
  • Wu Chinese: “埃里伯斯火山”
  • Yue Chinese: “埃里伯斯火山”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Mount Erebus”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Upper Erebus Hut and Crystal Slope.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sauna Cave and Truncated Cones.

Antarctica: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Livingston Island, Villa Las Estrellas, South Pole, and Antarctic Peninsula.

Curious Peaks to Discover

Uncover intriguing peaks from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Erebus”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.