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77.53 degrees south and 7.17 degrees east

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Mt Erebus erupts pretty much constantly.

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it is always spluttering out hot gas and lava

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The Antarctic Plate.

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This disaster took place in 1979 when a tourist flight crashed into the side of this active volcano on the Antarctic continent. All 270 souls aboard were lost.

Because of the remote location of the crash, search and recovery became journeys unto themselves.

You can read more about Air New Zealand Flight 901, below.

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Mix up of coordinates in the flight computer combined with a special antarctic whiteout condition, flying lower than leagally allowed, and flight crew not correctly trained for antarctic flight. As is the case with most aircraft accidents its not just one factor but a series of things that caused it. When the ground proximity warning went off the pilots could have climbed fast enough to avoid the crash but due to the whiteout condition the pilots had no idea they were headed at a mountain, and thinking they were flying over open water due to the coordinate error, did as they were trained and started a slow 15 degree climb which wasnt fast enough to miss the mountain. The rules for how low a passenger jet can fly allows for no less than 6000 feet for a number of safety reasons such as stall recovery and accidently straying into mountains. This flight was flying under 1500 feet for sightseeing purposes (they had special permission to fly at 4500 so they were flying illegally low). There is a good reason for flight rules! You can check wikipedia.com for a full narative of the accident that is accurate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901

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* 77°32'S, 167°10'E, Ross island, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

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Yes. It is a composite volcano, also known as a stratovolcano.

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Mount Erebus is classified as a polygenetic stratovolcano

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none it is too cold

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Yes, it is in Southern and Eastern Hemispheres.

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Antarctica is governed by The Antarctic Treaty, its official status. The World Wilderness Site proposals are not official.

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The cause of the crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 ("the Mount Erebus disaster") is not fully agreed on. The most widely accepted cause is this:

When Air New Zealand flights to Antarctica started in 1977, a flight path was set up for the DC-10 aircraft. The original plan had the path going over Mount Erebus from Cape Hallett to McMurdo Station, but this was just a guideline - pilots still had control over the plane and flew it to the west down McMurdo Sound.

In 1978 when Air New Zealand fed all its coordinates into a new ground computer, a typing error was made in the location of McMurdo Station, resulting in the route moving west and making the plane go down McMurdo Sound by default.

Air New Zealand realised its mistake in mid-November 1979, and early on the morning of 28 November 1979 (the day of the crash) fixed the route to go to McMurdo Station over Mount Erebus. However, the pilots of Flight 901 were trained on the old route down McMurdo Sound and were not told of the changes. The pilots thought they were going down McMurdo Sound - the DC-10's corrected coordinates took them straight towards Mount Erebus.

Of course it would of been obvious they were heading towards a mountain - but due to unique Antarctic conditions, a sector whiteout occurred which blended the mountain into the sky, making it indistinguishable to the untrained eye. Both the pilots and McMurdo station thought the plane was going down McMurdo Sound and McMurdo allowed the plane down to 1500ft to allow the passengers a better view. Mount Erebus was just under 13,000ft high - so naturally the plane was going to crash into it.

At 12:49pm local time, the Ground Proximity Warning System sounded that they were getting to close to terrain. Captain Jim Collins, not knowing that he was heading towards the mountain, immediately requested go-around power to climb up, but it was too late. Six seconds after the GPWS sounded, the DC-10 crashed into the slopes of Mount Erebus, instantly killing all 257 people on board.

You can read more, below.

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As on any mountain, the terrain is dangerous, the mountain is remote enough that rescue should you require it is not feasible, there are months when there are no sunrises on this part of Antarctica.

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Mount Erebus the most active volcano in Antarctica is located at 77.53 degrees south and 167. 17 degrees east.

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Mt Erebus erupts fairly constantly but not violently, as can be seen by its red glow in the winter sky during the four months of no sunrises in the area.

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The year was 1979.

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Mount Erebus is 12,448 feet

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The manifest listed 270 souls aboard.

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Mt Erebus is covered with glaciers, and with little pollution there, appeared to be pristine white enough to blend into the local, low-altitude weather -- a white-out.

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Air New Zealand flight TE901 flew into the lower slopes of Mount Erebus in Antarctica at 12.49 pm (NZST).

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The elevation summit is 3,794 metres (12,448 ft).

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Since the volcano was first documented at the turn of the last century, it could have happened at any time before that.