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Glacier in Antarctica

Erebus Glacier
Erebus Glacier (upper right) and Erebus Ice Tongue (center)
Location of Erebus Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ross Dependency
Coordinates	77°40′S 167°6′E / 77.667°S 167.100°E / -77.667; 167.100
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Erebus Bay
Status	unknown

Erebus Glacier (77°40′S 167°6′E / 77.667°S 167.100°E / -77.667; 167.100) is a glacier draining the lower southern slopes of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. It flows west to Erebus Bay where it forms the floating Erebus Glacier Tongue. It was named in association with Mount Erebus by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott.

A large calving event took place on 1 March 1990, when a substantial portion of the Erebus glacier tongue was detached from the main glacier. The piece that was separated was 3.5 km long and its mass was estimated to be 10 kg.

References

"Erebus Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
Stevens, C. L.; Sirguey, P.; Leonard, G. H.; Haskell, T. G. (2 September 2013). "The 2013 Erebus Glacier Tongue calving event" (PDF). The Cryosphere. 7: 1333. doi:10.5194/tc-7-1333-2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
Benn, Douglas I.; Evans, David J. A. (1998). Glaciers & Glaciation. London: Arnold. p. 69. ISBN 0340584319.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Erebus Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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Ross Island

Structures
and bases

Elevated
features

Mountains	Abbott Peak Ainley Peak Barker Peak Beeby Peak Caldwell Peak Chuan Peak Mount Cis Coleman Peak Coughran Peak Detrick Peak Dibble Peak The Fang Joyce Peak Kristin Peak Mount McIntosh Manahan Peak Mount Melton Millennium Peak Moore Peak Nash Peak Oamaru Peak Ohau Peak Parawera Cone Scanniello Peak Sherve Peak Slattery Peak Mount Sutherland Tarakäkä Peak Te Puna Roimata Peak Tent Peak Three Sisters Cones Turret Cone Wong Peak
Volcanoes	Mount Bird Black Knob Boulder Cones Cinder Hill Mount Erebus (Erebus hotspot) First Crater Gamble Cone Half Moon Crater Hoopers Shoulder Inner Crater Kyle Cone Kyle Hills Main Crater Observation Hill Second Crater Sheppard Crater Mount Terra Nova Mount Terror Topping Cone Twin Crater
Hills	Alexander Hill Black Knob Cone Hill Conical Hill Fitzgerald Hill Ford Rock Inclusion Hill Keys Hill The Knoll Lutz Hill Observation Hill Post Office Hill Trachyte Hill
Nunataks	Allen Rocks Castle Rock Centipede Nunatak Kaka Nunatak Kakapo Nunatak Kea Nunataks Kienle Nunataks Mümü Nunatak Norman Crag Pōnui Nunatak Takahe Nunatak Tazieff Rocks The Tooth

Inland
features

Cliffs	Arrival Heights Esser Bluff Grazyna Bluff Helo Cliffs Kaminuma Bluff Krall Crags Palais Bluff Terrie Bluff Vee Cliffs Williams Cliff
Glaciers	Aurora Glacier Barne Glacier Eastwind Glacier Endeavour Piedmont Glacier Erebus Glacier Erebus Glacier Tongue Fang Glacier Shell Glacier
Lakes	Algal Lake Blue Lake Clear Lake Coast Lake Deep Lake Island Lake Pony Lake Skua Lake Starr Lake Sunk Lake Terrace Lake
Ridges	Fang Ridge Giggenbach Ridge Glacier Ridge Guardrail Ridge Ice Tower Ridge Panter Ridge Rohnke Crests Ruru Crests Tech Crags Tekapo Ridge Tramway Ridge Turks Head Ridge Warren Ridge
Other inland features	Bird Saddle Camp Slope Crystal Slope Fitzgerald Stream Fortress Rocks Harrison Stream Lofty Promenade New College Valley Pakaru Icefalls The Ramp Robot Gully Wilson Stream

Coastal
features

Bays	Backdoor Bay Erebus Bay Fog Bay, Antarctica Lewis Bay Turks Head Bay Windless Bight Winter Quarters Bay Wohlschlag Bay
Headlands	Cape Barne Cape Bird Cape Crozier Dufek Head Cape Evans Flagstaff Point Harrison Bluff Hut Point Peninsula Keys Point Cape MacKay Micou Point Newport Point Cape Royds Cape Tennyson Terror Point Towle Point Tryggve Point Turks Head Varcoe Headland Wyandot Point
Other coastal features	Caughley Beach McDonald Beach McMurdo Ice Shelf Waipuke Beach Williamson Rock

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