List of recorded icebergs by area

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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.[1]

Iceberg | Maximum surface (km²) | Maximum length (km) | Maximum width (km) | Year recorded | Picture | Reference

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B-15  | 11,007  | 295  | 37  | 2000  |

Iceberg B-15A drifting toward the Drygalski Ice Tongue prior to the collision, 2 January 2005 (NASA)

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A-38  | 6,900  | 144  | 48  | 1998  | none|The split of the A38-B iceberg is recorded in this series of images. The iceberg was originally part of the massive A-38 iceberg, which broke from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica
B-15A  | 6,400  |  |  | 2002  |

Northern edge of Iceberg B-15A in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, 29 January 2002

A-68  | 5,800  | 175  | 50  | 2017  |

Calving crack in the Larsen C ice shelf

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C-19  | 5,500  | 200  | 32  | 2002  |

Iceberg C-19 breaking off from the Ross Ice Shelf, 11 May 2002, image:DMSP.

B-9  | 5,390  | 154  | 35  | 1987  |

Iceberg B-9B colliding with the Mertz Glacier Tongue calving the Mertz iceberg, 20 February 2010

A-76  | 4,320  | 170  | 25  | 2021  |

Calving and size compared to Mallorca

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A-23  | 4,000  | 74  | 63  | 2021  |  | [12]
D-28 | 1,636  | 62 approx  | 30 approx  | 2019  |

The D-28 iceberg breaking off, September 2019

A-81 | 1,550  |  |  | 2023  |  | [13]
A-74  | 1,270  | 56  | 33  | 2021  |

A-74 soon after calving

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B-31  | 660  | 39  | 22  | 2013  | none|B31 shown at the lower right.  | [16]
D-16  | 310  | 28  | 15  | 2006  |  | [17]
Petermann Ice Island (2010)  | 260  |  |  | 2010  |

Natural-colour satellite image of the ice island that calved off the glacier on August 5, 2010.

B-44  | 256  |  |  | 2017  |

Radar imagery captured by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 on September 23, 2017, showed an early view of the new iceberg.

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B-17B  | 140  |  |  | 1999  |

NOAA satellite image of Iceberg B-17B, December 11, 2009.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goering, Laurie (24 March 2000). "Mammoth Iceberg Is Born In Antarctic". Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-03-24/news/0003250001_1_new-iceberg-b15-ross-island. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Massive iceberg breaks away from Antarctica". CNN. 2017-07-12. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/12/world/larsen-c-antarctica/index.html. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
3. ↑ "Giant iceberg splits from Antarctic". BBC. 12 July 2017. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40321674.
4. ↑ "Eisberg aus Larsen-C-Schelfeis treibt in wärmere Gewässer" (in de). ZEIT ONLINE. 2018-09-06. http://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2018-09/antarktis-eisberg-a68-abbruch-bewegung. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
5. ↑ "Meet the world's largest iceberg". https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/05/Meet_the_world_s_largest_iceberg.
6. ↑ "World's largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica". 19 May 2021. https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/19/world/iceberg-a-76-antarctica-intl/index.html.
7. ↑ "World's largest iceberg, nearly four times size of New York City, forms in Antarctica". 20 May 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/20/worlds-largest-iceberg-nearly-four-times-size-of-new-york-forms-in-antarctica.
8. ↑ "World's biggest iceberg, dubbed A-76, spotted by satellite after calving from Antarctica - ABC News". 20 May 2021. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-20/biggest-iceberg-world-a-76-european-space-agency/100151840.
9. ↑ "World's largest iceberg, bigger than Majorca, breaks off from Antarctica". 20 May 2021. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/world-largest-iceberg-antarctica-a76-b1850579.html.
10. ↑ "Neuer weltgrößter Eisberg in Antarktis - Fläche übertrifft Mallorca". https://www.msn.com/de-de/nachrichten/panorama/neuer-weltgrößter-eisberg-in-antarktis-fläche-übertrifft-mallorca/ar-AAKbsy4?MSCC=1604496844.
11. ↑ Sydney, Bernard Lagan. "World's largest iceberg breaks away from Antarctica". https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/worlds-largest-iceberg-breaks-away-from-antarctica-crjgjwzkh.
12. ↑ "Largest iceberg (Current)". https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/81727-largest-iceberg.
13. ↑ Hauser, Jennifer (January 25, 2023). "Iceberg roughly the size of London breaks off in Antarctica". CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/world/antarctica-brunt-iceberg-climate/index.html.
14. ↑ "Iceberg A-74 Press Release". https://usicecenter.gov/PressRelease/IcebergA74.
15. ↑ "Breakup at Brunt" (in en). 2 March 2021. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148009/breakup-at-brunt.
16. ↑ "Drifting with Ice Island B31". 2014-04-17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwAOTvzrrFs. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
17. ↑ New City-sized Iceberg Created Near Antarctica. LiveScience, 27 March 2006.
18. ↑ "B44 in der Westantarktis: Erneut großer Eisberg abgebrochen" (in de). SPIEGEL ONLINE. http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/bild-1170161-1195310.html. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
19. ↑ NASA (2017-09-28). "The Quick Demise of B-44 : Image of the Day". https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91203. Retrieved 2018-01-04.

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