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'''Mount Erebus''' (pronounced ĕr'ə-bəs) is a volcano located on [[Ross Island]], [[Antarctica]] on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|goo p.203}}
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==History==
Mount Erebus was the site of a battle between [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] forces during the [[Battle for Earth]]. [[Blue Team]], comprised of [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]] and [[William-043]], stopped a Covenant excavation operation with the detonation of a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref name="goo p.203">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', p. 203 - ''"They had then been dispatched to Mount Erebus in the Antarctic where they neutralized a Covenant excavation with a HAVOK tactical nuke."''</ref>


[[Image:Mount Erebus.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A picture of Mount Erebus taken from McMurdo Station]]
==List of appearances==
[[wikipedia:Mount Erebus|'''Mount Erebus''']] (pronounced ĕr'ə-bəs) is a geographical location in [[Ross Island]], Antarctica on [[Earth]]. Its height is around 12,500 feet. Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth.
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Fm}}


==Background==
==Sources==
[[Image:RossIslandMap.jpg|250px|right|thumb|topographical map of Ross Island.]]Mount Erebus is currently the most active volcano in [[Antarctica]]. The summit contains a persistent convecting phonolitic lava lake, one of a very few long-lived lava lakes in the world. Characteristic eruptive activity consists of Strombolian eruptions from the lava lake or from one of several subsidiary vents, all lying within the volcano's inner crater.
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==Second Battle of Earth==
During the [[Second Battle of Earth]], the Covenant had set up an excavation operation, searching for the Ark [[Portal]]. [[Blue Team]], comprised of [[Spartan-II|Spartans]] [[Fred|-104]], [[Linda|-058]] and [[Will|-043]], stopped this excavation with the detonation of a [[HAVOK]] nuclear weapon<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''</ref>, most likely doing significant damage to the mountain, although the nature of their mission gratifies this.
 
==See also==
*[[Earth]]
*[[Second Battle of Earth]]


==Sources==
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[[Category:Mountains]]
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[[Category:Places]]

Latest revision as of 15:30, March 23, 2022

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Mount Erebus (pronounced ĕr'ə-bəs) is a volcano located on Ross Island, Antarctica on Earth.[1]

History[edit]

Mount Erebus was the site of a battle between UNSC and Covenant forces during the Battle for Earth. Blue Team, comprised of Spartans Frederic-104, Linda-058 and William-043, stopped a Covenant excavation operation with the detonation of a HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon.[1]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, p. 203 - "They had then been dispatched to Mount Erebus in the Antarctic where they neutralized a Covenant excavation with a HAVOK tactical nuke."
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