List of recorded icebergs by area
Appearance
This is a list of icebergs by total area.
In 1956, an iceberg in the Antarctic was reported to be an estimated 333 kilometres (207 mi) long and 100 kilometres (62 mi) wide. Recorded before the era of satellite photography, the 1956 iceberg's estimated dimensions are less reliable.[1]
Iceberg | Maximum surface (km2) | Maximum length (km) | Maximum width (km) | Year recorded | Picture | Reference |
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B-15 | 11,007 | 295 | 37 | 2000 | [1][2] | |
A-38 | 6,900 | 144 | 48 | 1998 | [3] | |
B-15A | 6,400 | 2002 | ||||
A-68 | 5,800 | 175 | 50 | 2017 | [2][4][5] | |
C-19 | 5,500 | 200 | 32 | 2002 | [6] | |
B-9 | 5,390 | 154 | 35 | 1987 | ||
A-76 | 4,320 | 170 | 25 | 2021 | - | |
A23a | 4,000 | 74 | 63 | 2021 | [14] | |
D-28 | 1,636 | 62 approx | 30 approx | 2019 | ||
A-81 | 1,550 | 2023 | [15] | |||
A-74 | 1,270 | 56 | 33 | 2021 | [16][17] | |
B-31 | 660 | 39 | 22 | 2013 | [18] | |
D-16 | 310 | 28 | 15 | 2006 | [19] | |
Petermann Ice Island (2010) | 260 | 2010 | ||||
B-44 | 256 | 2017 | [20][21] | |||
B-17B | 140 | 1999 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Goering, Laurie (24 March 2000). "Mammoth Iceberg Is Born In Antarctic". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Massive iceberg breaks away from Antarctica". CNN. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ^ NASA (April 24, 2004). "The A38-B Iceberg Splits". Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Giant iceberg splits from Antarctic". BBC. 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Eisberg aus Larsen-C-Schelfeis treibt in wärmere Gewässer". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^ NASA (2003-10-01). "Huge Antarctic Iceberg Makes a BIG Splash on Sea Life". Archived from the original on 2006-02-19. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^ "Meet the world's largest iceberg".
- ^ "World's largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica". CNN. 19 May 2021.
- ^ "World's largest iceberg, nearly four times size of New York City, forms in Antarctica". TheGuardian.com. 20 May 2021.
- ^ "World's biggest iceberg, dubbed A-76, spotted by satellite after calving from Antarctica - ABC News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 20 May 2021.
- ^ "World's largest iceberg, bigger than Majorca, breaks off from Antarctica". Independent.co.uk. 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Neuer weltgrößter Eisberg in Antarktis - Fläche übertrifft Mallorca". MSN.
- ^ Sydney, Bernard Lagan. "World's largest iceberg breaks away from Antarctica".
- ^ "Largest iceberg (Current)".
- ^ Hauser, Jennifer (January 25, 2023). "Iceberg roughly the size of London breaks off in Antarctica". CNN. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Iceberg A-74 Press Release". National Ice Center. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Breakup at Brunt". NASA Earth Observatory. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ NASAEarthObservatory (2014-04-17). "Drifting with Ice Island B31". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^ New City-sized Iceberg Created Near Antarctica. LiveScience, 27 March 2006.
- ^ "B44 in der Westantarktis: Erneut großer Eisberg abgebrochen". SPIEGEL ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2017-10-01.
- ^ NASA (2017-09-28). "The Quick Demise of B-44 : Image of the Day". Retrieved 2018-01-04.