Iceberg A-68
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Iceberg A-68
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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. By 16 April 2021, no significant fragments remained. With a surface area of 5,800 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi), twice the size of Luxembourg, over a quarter the size of Wales, and larger than Delaware, it was one of the largest recorded icebergs, the largest being B-15 which measured 11,000 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi) before breaking up. The calving of A-
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Antarctic iceberg from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg_A-68
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2024-04-08T05:37:26Z
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