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    On 29 December Erebus captured the Crown schooner No. 27. The next day Erebus captured the Elizabeth Christina. The day after that Erebus captured the Victoria...
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  • members of the Erebus and Terror expeditions, including Mont Ross, the highest point in the archipelago, named after James Clark Ross, and Mont Tizard, after...
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    discovery'. Between September 1839 and September 1843, Ross commanded HMS Erebus on his own Antarctic expedition and charted much of the continent's coastline...
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    stratovolcano on the island of Tenerife The phonolitic lava lake in Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica The 'Bellstone' in Saint Helena Phonolites can...
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    Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843. London: Reeve Brothers. pp. title pages. "The Erebus voyage". Kew Royal Botanic Gardens...
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  • 796 12,454 Pennine Alps, Switzerland Mount Erebus 3,794 12,448 Antarctica – Southernmost active volcano Mont Pourri 3,779 12,398 Vanoise Massif, France...
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    bombard Utah included the US Navy battleship Nevada, the Royal Navy monitor Erebus, the heavy cruisers Hawkins (Royal Navy) and Tuscaloosa (US Navy), and the...
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    None None 34. Mount Erebus Ross Island  Antarctica 77°32′S 167°17′E / 77.533°S 167.283°E / -77.533; 167.283 (34. Mount Erebus (3794 m)) 3,794 3,794...
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  • Mount Rittmann (redirect from Mont Rittmann)
    volcanoes of Antarctica is limited to Mount Rittmann, Mount Melbourne and Mount Erebus and has led to efforts to establish a protected area on the volcano. It...
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  • with Mount Erebus, Antarctica, during a sightseeing flight, killing all 257 people on board; this crash is also known as the Mount Erebus Disaster. December...
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    Gentilium. Since the Late Middle Ages. the myth of the Venusberg (German; French Mont de Vénus, "Mountain of Venus") – a subterranean realm ruled by Venus, hidden...
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  • Coropuna Huaynaputina El Misti Sabancaya Ubinas Tutupaca Yucamane Mount Erebus Penguin Island Mount Bird Brown Peak Mount Discovery Mount Vernon Harcourt...
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    to connect Eurṓpē to a Semitic term for west, this being either Akkadian erebu meaning 'to go down, set' (said of the sun) or Phoenician 'ereb 'evening...
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    0 † COM Air New Zealand Flight 901 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 antMount Erebus, Antarctica ENR 1979-11-28 256 8 248 0 † COM Arrow Air Flight 1285R McDonnell...
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    Mount Kerinci 3805 m 12,484 ft 473481 0.0098  Indonesia 6 Ross Island Mount Erebus 3794 m 12,448 ft 2460 0.136  Antarctica 7 Honshū Mount Fuji 3776 m 12,388 ft...
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  • Information and Press Committee of South Ossetia. Retrieved January 11, 2016. "Erebus air inspector killed by car". stuff.co.nz. February 12, 2008. Archived from...
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    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 91.8 × 122.6 'Hurrah! for the Whaler Erebus! Another Fish!' 1846 Tate Britain, London 90.2 x 120.6 Going to the Ball...
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    If what ye sing be true, the shades of men Seek not the dismal homes of Erebus Or death's pale kingdoms; but the breath of life Still rules these bodies...
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    91°50′W / 74.683°N 91.833°W / 74.683; -91.833 (Breadalbane (ship)) HMS Erebus  Royal Navy After 22 April 1848 A Hecla-class bomb vessel that was used...
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    1857–59 expeditions in the Fox, in search of Sir John Franklin's lost ships Erebus and Terror. Conrad also recalled having read books by the American James...
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  • damage. In late June, the bunker was shelled by the 15 inch guns of HMS Erebus. At the end of June 1944 the Germans evacuated the battery and moved the...
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    he would choose to die. He had begun to train as a mountaineer in 1892 on Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa (Italian Alps): in 1897 he made the first ascent of...
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    additional support from the battleship HMS Warspite and two monitors, HMS Erebus and HMS Roberts. Air support was limited due to weather conditions. With...
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  • ZIPRA guerrillas. Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into the side of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, on 28 November 1979 for various reasons including pilot error...
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  • captain. 129 John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition 1845–1848 HMS Erebus and HMS Terror caught in pack ice; the crews endured botulism, lead poisoning...
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  • to Dante's praise of his beloved Beatrice in the Paradiso) out of hell (Erebus). The canto closes with a number of instances of sexual love between gods...
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    Hegedus) Hungary [The Troubled Midnight]. 1955 Erebo Pablo Gumiel Bolivia [Erebus] The novel begins with a reunion between Jacob and his lover in a lonely...
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    F27-500 Gisborne–Auckland Weather, optical illusion, CFIT Flight 901 Mount Erebus, Antarctica 28 November 1979 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Auckland–Harewood...
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    As a mountaineer, he was particularly prolific in the Alps; he climbed Mont Blanc—the highest peak in the range—and claimed several first ascents of...
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  • Bonifacius Rotarius of Asti 1387* Pilatus 2128 Alps Six clerics 27 Jun 1492 Mont Aiguille 2085 Prealps Antoine de Ville and 8 to 10 more people. bef. 1500...
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