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World’s largest iceberg spotted in Antarctica

by the_70x on 5/20/21, 8:00 AM with 48 comments

  • by yitchelle on 5/20/21, 2:54 PM

    According to Wikipedia [1], an iceberg needs to be free floating. Otherwise, I would nominate the entire Ice sheet of the Artic as the largest ice berg in the world as there are no landmass like its southern cousin.

    [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg

  • by shalmanese on 5/20/21, 12:57 PM

    Is Majorca an ISO Standard Unit of Journalism across the pond? How many Rhode Islands is a Majorca?
  • by swader999 on 5/20/21, 1:47 PM

    I wonder which country will claim it and make it into an aircraft carrier.
  • by mrfusion on 5/20/21, 4:35 PM

    Is there any way to use icebergs to provide drought relief in places like CA?

    Could you find a way to direct the ice melt in one direction to even make them self powered to get where you want them?

  • by spuz on 5/20/21, 2:18 PM

    For comparison, A68 which broke up near South Georgia earlier this year was 5664 sq km. This one (A76) is 4320 sq km.
  • by maccard on 5/20/21, 1:21 PM

    Is there any indication of how deep this iceberg is? Is it a sheet of ice, or a small landmass? It's so cool!
  • by Aschebescher on 5/20/21, 3:15 PM

    How much is that measured in Saarlands?
  • by o___ on 5/20/21, 12:59 PM

    > 175 km (106 miles) long by 25 km (15 miles) wide

    How long will that take to melt? Years?

  • by beckman466 on 5/20/21, 11:52 AM

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