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2. World’s biggest iceberg, A23a, is on the move again - AOL

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   A23a has held the “largest current iceberg” title several times since the 1980s, occasionally being surpassed by larger but shorter-lived icebergs, including A68 in 2017 and A76 in 2021.

3. World's biggest iceberg heads north after escaping vortex - AOL

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   The world's biggest iceberg is on the move again after being trapped in a vortex for most of the year. A23a is 3,800 sq km (1,500 sq miles), which is more than twice the size of Greater London ...

4. World’s largest iceberg on the move again after months ...

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   The iceberg is about three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London, measuring around 4,000sqkm (1,500sqm).. Last year Britain’s polar research ship crossed ...

5. A23a - Wikipedia

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   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 February 2024, its area is about 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), which makes it the current largest iceberg in the world. [2] [3]

6. List of recorded icebergs by area - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Iceberg B-15 - Wikipedia

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   Northern edge of Iceberg B-15A in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, 29 January 2001. Iceberg B-15 was the largest recorded iceberg by area. [Note 1] It measured around 295 by 37 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.

8. The world’s largest iceberg is spinning in an ocean vortex ...

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   As the world’s largest iceberg, the colossus A23a is of great interest to scientists, who have closely monitored the frozen block since it calved from Antarctica’s Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in ...

9. Iceberg A-68 - Wikipedia

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   Iceberg A-68 on 20 July 2017 The drift of Iceberg A-68A from 1 May 2018 to 26 August 2018. 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. [4]