{"id":22706,"date":"2026-07-01T11:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22706"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:48:22","slug":"mount-erebus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mount-erebus\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Erebus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mount Erebus Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world&#8217;s southernmost active volcano, Mount Erebus, not only has a permanent lava lake, but it is also the only known volcano that releases tiny crystals of pure gold into the atmosphere. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mount Erebus<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>stratovolcano <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located on the western half of<\/span><b> Ross Island, off the coast of Antarctica <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>Ross Sea.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>world\u2019s southernmost active volcano.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an<\/span><b> intraplate volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and belongs to the <\/span><b>McMurdo Volcanic Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, located in the so-called <\/span><b>Terror Rift<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is part of the <\/span><b>West Antarctic Rift System.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ring-of-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Ring of Fire<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that encircles the Pacific Ocean basin.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its summit is 12,448 feet (<\/span><b>3,794 meters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) above sea level, making it the <\/span><b>second tallest volcano in Antarctica, after Mount Sidley.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of only two volcanoes on the continent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are considered to be <\/span><b>active<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><b>Deception Island is the other.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also <\/span><b>one of only a few volcanoes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world that contain an <\/span><b>active lava lake.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>lava lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the summit crater has been <\/span><b>active since at least 1972<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Most eruptions <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are s<\/span><b>mall and Strombolian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in character, tossing bombs onto the crater rim.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also the <\/span><b>only known volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>releases tiny crystals of pure gold<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into the atmosphere.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/science\/this-active-volcano-in-antarctica-blasts-over-2-million-worth-of-gold-into-the-air-every-year-11705525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Erebus is a stratovolcano located on the western half of Ross Island, off the coast of Antarctica in the Ross Sea. 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