Restless Antarctica

Antarctica has only five volcanoes on it. One is called Mount Erebus. It is the tallest one, which stands 12,540 feet high (3,822 meters). In 1984 Mount Erebus' eruption was more than visitors expected. The eruptions threw "bombs" of heated rock 2,000 feet (610 meters) high above the rim of the crater, as well as mushroom-cloud plumes and black ash that covered the mountain's North West slopes.        The Earth's largest earthquake of the year occurred in Antarctica in March, 1998.  It had a magnitude of 8.1.

For current Restless Earth activity in Antarctica, click on these WWW links
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http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/volc_of_world.html - Volano World, What's Erupting Now
http://www.agso.gov.au/media/25march98.html  - AGSO Seismological Centre
Reports (Antarctica)

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