[DOC] [TLE] Mt. Erebus  Antarctica | Atlas Obscura [PAR] (Ross Island, which Mt. Erebus is on, is named after him as is the Ross Ice Shelf.) 
Later, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton would make the first ascent of Mt. [DOC] [TLE] McMurdo Station - Antarctica - Cool Antarctica [PAR] The Ross Ice Shelf is a floating area of freshwater ice fed by glaciers spilling ... 
The position of McMurdo Station on Ross Island of Ross Island in relation to 
Antarctica. ... The Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf after James Clark Ross himself, 
Mount Erebus and Mount ... Scott has been occupied as a year-round base since 
1957. [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica - Wikipedia [PAR] Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South 
Pole and is .... About 98% of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, a 
sheet of ice averaging at least 1.6 km (1.0 mi) thick. The continent has ... Mount 
Erebus on Ross Island is the world's southernmost active volcano. Another well-
known... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] At the head of each sea are great ice shelves, the Ross ice shelves in the Ross 
Sea .... In W Antarctica he discovered (1821) Peter I Island and Alexander Island. [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica - Encyclopedia of the Nations [PAR] The continent of Antarctica is almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle ... 
McMurdo Station near the Ross Ice Shelf in East Antarctica has the most .... The 
South Shetland Islands, situated between Antarctica and the southern tip of .... 
Mount Erebus (3,794 meters/ 12,444 feet), one of the active volcanoes, is on 
Ross Island. [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica - The Ozone Hole [PAR] The elevation of the ice sheet shows the higher dome of the East Antarctic ice 
sheet .... in the word, Mt. Erebus, forms an island at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf
. .... during the austral summer some nations have numerous occupied locations
... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica | Britannica.com [PAR] Its landmass is almost wholly covered by a vast ice sheet. ... sea level, is 
occupied by a meteorological research station set up by the Soviet Union during 
the ... Crevasses near Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. ... principal 
American base in Antarctica, lying on the northeastern edge of Ross Ice Shelf 
near Kainan Bay. [DOC] [TLE] Mt. Erebus from Observation Hill, Ross Island, Antarctica [PAR] Mt. Erebus is part of a group of volcanoes that make up Ross Island, the area of 
land ... An ice shelf is a part of an ice sheet that extends from land out over...more
... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica: The Continent - Springer [PAR] Antarctic ice sheet and of the ice in the Wilkes basin of. East Antarctica. ... The 
book also. Fig. 2.2 (a) Mt. Erebus on Ross Island as seen from the Erebus ..... 
Science Foundation (NSF Rep) who occupies a promi- nent building called The 
...... Neider C (1974) The edge of the world; Ross Island Antarctica. Doubleday, 
Garden... [DOC] [TLE] Key physical features - Discovering Antarctica [PAR] The West Antarctic Ice Sheet occupies a smaller area of land within the Western 
... Some of Antarctica's islands are permanently linked to the mainland by ice, ... 
Larsen Ice Shelf. Vinson Massif. Transantarctic Mountains. Mt Erebus ... from 
London to the edge of the ice shelf (Fimbul Ice Shelf) extending from the coast of
... [DOC] [TLE] Articles in Antarctica - Find GPS coordinates for any address or ... [PAR] The Getz Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf, over 300 miles (500 km) long and 
from ... ice shelf that occupies George VI Sound which separates Alexander 
Island ... 1 west of Carsten Borchgrevink Ice at 18 east, about 200 km from the 
ice edge. ... draining the lower southern slopes of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, 
Antarctica. [DOC] [TLE] In the Wake of Scott and Shackleton to Invercargill | Polar Cruises [PAR] Mt Erebus, Mt Discovery and the Transantarctic Mountains are as inspiring today 
as ... back from the edge of extinction, and some species have done better than 
others

Question: In Antarctica, Mount Erebus occupies an island at the edge of this ice shelf
Answer: Ross Ice Shelf