Iceberg B-15
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iceberg-b-15-207-10717266
title:
Iceberg B-15
text:
Iceberg B-15 was the largest recorded iceberg by area. It measured around 295 by 37 kilometres, with a surface area of 11,000 square kilometres, about the size of the island of Jamaica. Calved from the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica in March 2000, Iceberg B-15 broke up into smaller icebergs, the largest of which was named Iceberg B-15-A. In 2003, B-15A drifted away from Ross Island into the Ross Sea and headed north, eventually breaking up into several smaller icebergs in October 2005. In 2018, a
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description:
Largest recorded iceberg by area
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg_B-15
date created:
2005-01-02T02:28:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T01:01:18Z
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13
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