Erebus Bay is a bay about 13 nautical miles wide between Cape Evans and Hut Point Peninsula, on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica. The bay was explored by the British National Antarctic Expedition under Scott. It was named by Scott's second expedition, the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, which built its headquarters on Cape Evans. Th…Erebus Bay is a bay about 13 nautical miles wide between Cape Evans and Hut Point Peninsula, on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica. The bay was explored by the British National Antarctic Expedition under Scott. It was named by Scott's second expedition, the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, which built its headquarters on Cape Evans. The feature is surmounted by Mount Erebus.