There was a volcano that happened in Mount Erebus, Antarctica. Erebus is the name from a character in Greek mythology that ferned the souls of the dead over the river Styx in Hades. Mount Erebus is on Ross Island in the Ross Sea. It's location is 77.5 S., 167.2 E. The elevation is 12,444 feet, 3,794 m.
Erebus is an active volcano. It has a connecting lava lake within a summit Crater. It has been continuously active since 1972. Most eruptions are small and strombolian in character. This volcano is less than one million years old.
-Strombolian is a type of volcanic
eruption characterized by jetting of clots or fountains of fluid basaltic
lava from a central crater.
Another volcano happened in Heard Island, south Indian Ocean. Heard Island is a territory of Australia. It's location is 53.1 S., 73.5 E. The elevation is 9,000 feet, 2,745 m.
Heard is an active stratovolcano in the south Indian Ocean. Heard has erupted at least eight times since 1910. All eruptions, known, are from a vent called Mawson Peak. Most of the eruptions are subglacial. Only three historic eruptions have had lava flow. The most recent eruption that Heard has had was in 1993.