12,527
edits
Mount Erebus: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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. | [[Image:RossIslandMap.jpg|200px|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. | ||
==Second Battle of Earth== | ==Second Battle of Earth== | ||