It was named in association with Mount Erebus by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott.
[1] A large calving event took place on 1 March 1990, when a substantial portion of the Erebus glacier tongue was detached from the main glacier.
[2] The piece that was separated was 3.5 km long and its mass was estimated to be 1011 kg.
[3] This article incorporates public domain material from "Erebus Glacier".
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