Mount Erebus

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Etymology

By surface analysis, mount +‎ Erebus. From Latin Erebus (“Greek personification of darkness”) and Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος / ἔρεβος (Érebos / érebos, “personification of darkness; darkness”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos (“darkness”), and Proto-Indo-European *h₁regʷ- (“to be dark”).

  • (sense 1): Coined by British explorer and naval officer James Clark Ross in 1841 after his ship, the HMS Erebus.
  • (sense 2): Coined by Canadian park ranger Morrison Parsons Bridgland in 1916 after the dark coloration of the mountain.

Proper noun

Mount Erebus

  1. A volcano in Ross Island, Ross Dependency, Antarctica; known for being the southernmost active volcano.
  2. A mountain in Alberta, Canada.

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