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This resulted in the zone's colloquial name "Iceberg Alley". [4] Tidal ranges throughout the zone are moderate, typically a few metres. The exception is the Bay of Fundy, whose famous tides may top 15 metres. [2] Surface water temperatures in August may reach 10 °C in the north, and up to 23 °C in the south.
The sound that separates the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from Dundee Island is also referred to as "Iceberg Alley", because of the huge icebergs that are often seen here. Snowhill Island, located east of the Antarctic Peninsula is almost completely snow-capped, hence its name.
A23a is a large tabular iceberg which calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986. It was stuck on the sea bed for many years but then started moving in 2020. As of January 2025, its area is about 3,500 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi), which makes it the current largest iceberg in the world.
The world's largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than three decades, scientists said on Friday. At almost 4,000 square km (1,500 square miles), the Antarctic iceberg called ...
An iceberg the size of Rhode Island is rapidly heading toward "Iceberg Alley". It was stuck for 40 years. Now it's ready to wreak havoc.
An iceberg in the Arctic Ocean. An iceberg is a piece of fresh water ice more than 15 meters (16 yards) long [1] that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. [2] [3] Smaller chunks of floating glacially derived ice are called "growlers" or "bergy bits".
Droves of tourists are flocking to Ferryland, Canada, to witness a behemoth iceberg that has planted itself just off the tiny town's shore. Massive iceberg eclipses small Canadian town Skip to ...
Iceberg A-68 was a giant tabular iceberg adrift in the South Atlantic, having calved from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] By 16 April 2021, no significant fragments remained.