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===Discovery and naming=== | ===Discovery and naming=== | ||
[[File:RossIslandMap.jpg|thumb|Map of Ross Island showing Mount Erebus on the left]] | [[File:RossIslandMap.jpg|thumb|Map of Ross Island showing Mount Erebus on the left]] | ||
Mount Erebus was discovered on January 27, 1841 (and observed to be in eruption), by polar explorer Sir James Clark Ross, who named it and its companion, Mount Terror, after his ships, ''Erebus'' and ''Terror'' (which were later used by Sir John Franklin on his disastrous Arctic expedition). Erebus is a dark region in Hades in Greek mythology. Present with Ross on the Erebus was the young Joseph Hooker, future president of the Royal Society and close friend of Charles Darwin. Erebus was an Ancient Greek primordial deity of darkness, the son of Chaos. | Mount Erebus was discovered on January 27, 1841 (and observed to be in eruption), by polar explorer Sir [[James Clark Ross]], who named it and its companion, Mount Terror, after his ships, HMS ''Erebus'' and [[HMS Terror|HMS ''Terror'']] (which were later used by Sir John Franklin on his disastrous Arctic expedition). Erebus is a dark region in Hades in Greek mythology. Present with Ross on the Erebus was the young Joseph Hooker, future president of the Royal Society and close friend of Charles Darwin. Erebus was an Ancient Greek primordial deity of darkness, the son of Chaos. | ||
===Historic sites=== | ===Historic sites=== | ||
The mountain was surveyed in December 1912 by a science party from Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition, who also collected geological samples. Two of the camp sites they used have been recognised for their historic significance: | The mountain was surveyed in December 1912 by a science party from Scott’s [[Terra Nova Expedition]], who also collected geological samples. Two of the camp sites they used have been recognised for their historic significance: | ||
* Upper “Summit Camp” site (HSM 89) consists of part of a circle of rocks, which were probably used to weight the tent valances. | * Upper “Summit Camp” site (HSM 89) consists of part of a circle of rocks, which were probably used to weight the tent valances. | ||