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
Northern edge of Iceberg B-15A in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, 29 January 2001
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
Ross Embayment
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The Ross Embayment is a large region of Antarctica, comprising the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea, that lies between East and West Antarctica.
A view of the Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Sea in Antarctica from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). North at top. A giant iceberg on the left (west) has broken off the front of the Ross Ice Shelf. The Transantarctic Mountains cross the image from left to lower right. Original file from Commons was image-enhanced.
