Mount Erebus
Mount Melbourne along with Mount Erebus, Mount Rittmann and Deception Island is one of four volcanoes in Antarctica known for having geothermal habitats, although other poorly studied volcanoes such as Mount Berlin, Mount Hampton and Mount Kauffman may also have them. In South America, similar high-elevation geothermal environments to Mount Melbourne are found at Socompa. Vegetation on geothermally heated terrain is unusual in Antarctica but other occurrences exist, such as on Bouvet, Deception Island, Mount Erebus and the South Sandwich Islands. Such systems are unusual for the continent.