Despite its frozen landscape, West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus. Erebus is a 12,448-foot volcano.

Which choice shows the sentences combined by changing one sentence into a phrase?

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Despite its frozen landscape, West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus; Erebus is a 12,448-foot volcano.
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Despite its frozen landscape, West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus, and Erebus is a 12,448-foot volcano.
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Despite its frozen landscape, West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus, a 12,448-foot volcano.
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Despite its frozen landscape. West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus volcano.