World’s largest iceberg, four times the size of New York City, breaks off from Antarctica

An iceberg that calved off an Antarctic ice shelf in Weddell Sea has been spotted by satellites, according to European ncy. giant slab is larger than Spanish Island of Majorca, said ncy. iceberg has been declared world's largest iceberg and is about 4320 kilometres in size. newly calved iceberg has been named A-76 by scientists and was spotted in recent satellite ims captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission. 

Largest iceberg forms in Antarctica

Iceberg A-76 calved from western side of Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica and is w floating on Weddell Sea, European ncy said on May 19. iceberg is 170 kilometres long and is about 25 kilometres wide. ermity of berg makes it largest in world, taking first place from A-23A iceberg. Iceberg A-23A is approximately 3880 square kilometres in size and is also located in Weddell Sea.

 A-76 split from Ronne Ice Shelf and was first spotted by British Antarctic Survey. It was also captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, which involves two polar-orbiting satellites. United States National Ice Center confirmed iceberg using imry from Copernicus Sentinel-1. Ronne Ice Shelf on flank of Antarctic Peninsula is one of largest of several ermous floating sheets of ice that connect to continent’s landmass.

Meanwhile, an iceberg almost size of county of Bedfordshire had broken off 150 metre Brunt Ice shelf near British research station, British Antarctic Survey said on February 26. research centre has remained unaffected as station is closed for Antarctic winter. iceberg measuring 1,270 square kilometres had broken off from 150-meter-thick Brunt Ice Shelf in a process called "calving", according to British Antarctic Survey.  

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