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
Jamaica
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Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean, covering 10,991 square kilometres. It is the third-largest island in the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean, after Cuba and the island of Hispaniola. Jam
Iceberg B-15
…kilometres (159 by 20 nautical miles), with a surface area of 11,000 square kilometres (3,200 square nautical miles), about the size of the island of Jamaica. Calved from the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica in March 2000, Iceberg B-15 broke up into smaller icebergs, the largest of which was named Iceberg B-15-A…
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