Mount Erebus
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Mount Erebus
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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 Erebus
- A volcano in Ross Island, Ross Dependency, Antarctica; known for being the southernmost active volcano.
- A mountain in Alberta, Canada.
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name volcano in Antarctica
| Español | monte Erebus |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 에러버스산 Ereobeoseu-san |
| 中文 | 埃里伯斯火山 Āilǐbósī huǒshān |
| Français | mont Erebus |
| Deutsch | Mount Erebus |
| Русский | Э́ребус Érebus |
| العربية | جَبَل إِرِيبَاص jabal ʔirībāṣ |
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