Iceberg A-76, currently the largest in the world, surfacing from Antarctica. This is about this with reference to the data of satellites writes the METEOWEB portal.
It is known that the size of giant ice floes is 170 kilometers in length and 25 kilometers wide, its area reaches 4320 square kilometers, which is comparable to the territories of the Spanish Island Mallorca.
It is noted that the A-76 broke off from the western side of the Filter Shelf Glacier – Ronne in the sea of Weddell. Iceberg was identified by the British Antarctic Service and confirmed by the US National Ice Center using the Copernicus SentineL-1 mission images.
February 27 reported that the iceberg of 1270 square kilometers broke out from Antarctica, which is comparable to the territory of St. Petersburg. It happened on the shelf Glacier Brand, where the British Research Station Halley is located.