Iceberg
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An iceberg is a piece of fresh water ice more than 15 meters long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. Smaller chunks of floating glacially derived ice a
An iceberg in the Arctic Ocean
Tabular iceberg
Iceberg from overhead showing above and submerged ice
Northern edge of Iceberg B-15A in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, 29 January 2001
Iceberg B-15
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Iceberg B 15 was the largest recorded iceberg by area. It measured around 295 by 37 kilometres, with a surface area of 11,000 square kilometres, about the size of the island of Jamaica. Calved from th
Iceberg
…are often irregularly shaped while Antarctic ice shelves often produce large tabular (table top) icebergs. The largest iceberg in recent history, named B-15, was measured at nearly 300 by 40 kilometres (186 by 25 mi) in 2000. The largest iceberg on record was an Antarctic tabular iceberg measuring 335 by…
Iceberg B-15A four-year journey, July 2002 to March 2006
USCGC Polar Sea nears Iceberg B-15A in January 2001
Researchers installing weather and GPS instruments on Iceberg B-15A, 29 January 2001