The island was named Ross Island by Robert Falcon Scott who established his first base on the island in 1901-04, and again in 1910-13. The volcanoes discovered by Ross's expedition are two of four which constitute Ross Island: the others are Mt Bird and Mt Terra Nova. I named it "Mount Erebus," and an extinct volcano to the eastward, little inferior in height, being by measurement ten thousand nine hundred feet high, was called "Mount Terror." (Ross, 1969, vol. The discovery of an active volcano in so high a southern latitude cannot but be esteemed a circumstance of high geological importance and interest, and contribute to throw some further light on the physical construction of our globe. it proved to be a mountain twelve thousand four hundred feet of elevation above the level of the sea, emitting flame and smoke in great profusion at first the smoke appeared like snow drift, but as we drew nearer, its true character became manifest. They turned east, to discover Mt Erebus and beyond it an impenetrable ice barrier, now known as the Ross Ice Shelf. They discovered Victoria Land and the high Admiralty Mountains: the Magnetic Pole was beyond these and out of their reach. Ross and his ships had penetrated the ice pack south of Hobart in only four days and discovered an open polar sea, the Ross Sea. The Ross expedition had sailed from England in October 1839, commissioned to establish magnetic observatories in the southern hemisphere and to try and reach the South Magnetic Pole. A nearby mountain, an inactive volcano, was named Mt Terror after his companion ship, commanded by Captain Francis Crozier.
He named the volcano, which could be seen erupting, after his ship Erebus. Mt Erebus, the largest active volcano in Antarctica, was discovered on 27 January 1841 by the expedition led by Sir James Clark Ross. Creator Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862 TitleMount Erebus discovered Date of publication 1847 SourceA voyage of discovery and research in the Southern and Antarctic regions during the years 1839-43, plate opposite p.
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