List of the largest recorded icebergs

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This is a list of the icebergs corresponding to their area .

iceberg Maximum area ( km² ) Maximum length ( km ) Maximum width (km) year image reference
B-15 11.007 295 37 2000 Iceberg B-15A drifting toward the Drygalski Ice Tongue prior to the collision, January 2, 2005 (NASA)
A-38 6,900 144 48 1998 The split of the A38-B iceberg is recorded in this series of images. The iceberg was originally part of the massive A-38 iceberg, which broke from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica
B-15 A 6,400 2002
A-68 5,800 175 50 2017 Calving crack in the Larsen Ice shelf
C-19 5,500 200 32 2002 Iceberg C-19 breaking off from the Ross Ice Shelf, May 11, 2002, image: DMSP.
B-9 5,390 154 35 1987 Iceberg B-9B colliding with the Mertz Glacier Tongue calving the Mertz iceberg, February 20, 2010
B-31 660 39 22nd 2013
D-16 310 28 15th 2006
Petermann Ice Island (2010) 260 2010
B-44 256 39 22nd 2017
Radar imagery captured by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 on September 23, 2017, showed an early view of the new iceberg.
B-17B 140 1999 NOAA satellite image of Iceberg B-17B, December 11, 2009.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Laurie Goering: Mammoth Iceberg Is Born In Antarctic (en) . In: Chicago Tribune , March 24, 2000. Retrieved February 18, 2014. 
  3. ↑ The A38-B Iceberg Splits ( English ) NASA . April 24, 2004. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  4. ^ Giant iceberg splits from Antarctic (English) , BBC. July 12, 2017. 
  5. ^ Iceberg from Larsen C Ice Shelf is floating in warmer waters . In: Die Zeit Online , September 6, 2018. Accessed September 7, 2018. 
  6. ↑ Huge Antarctic Iceberg Makes a BIG Splash on Sea Life. NASA , October 1, 2003, accessed September 7, 2018 .
  7. ^ Schoolboy first to 'name' iceberg (English) , BBC . May 31, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2018. 
  8. ^ Harry Keys, SS Jacobs, Don Barnett: The calving and drift of iceberg B-9 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica . In: Antarctic Science . 2, No. 3, June 11, 1990, pp. 243-257. doi : 10.1017 / s0954102090000335 . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  9. ^ Drifting with Ice Island B31 . April 17, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  10. ↑ LiveScience: New City-sized iceberg near Antarctica Created . March 27, 2006. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  11. ↑ B44 in West Antarctica: Another large iceberg has broken off . In: Der Spiegel Online . Retrieved October 1, 2017. 
  12. ↑ The Quick Demise of B-44: Image of the Day. NASA, September 28, 2017, accessed January 4, 2018 .