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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]

More information Iceberg, Maxi­mum surface (km2) ...
IcebergMaxi­mum surface (km2)Maxi­mum length (km)Maxi­mum width (km)Year recor­dedPictureRefe­rence
B-15 11,007 295 37 2000
Iceberg B-15A drifting toward the Drygalski Ice Tongue prior to the collision, 2 January 2005 (NASA)
 [1][2]
A-38 6,900 144 48 1998
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
 [3]
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
 [2][4][5]
C-19 5,500 200 32 2002
Iceberg C-19 breaking off from the Ross Ice Shelf, 11 May 2002, image:DMSP.
 [6]
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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A23a 4,000 74 63 2021
Iceberg in November 2023
 [14]
D-28 1,636 62 approx 30 approx 2019
The D-28 iceberg breaking off, September 2019
A-81 1,550 2023 [15]
A-74 1,270 56 33 2021
A-74 soon after calving
 [16][17]
B-31 660 39 22 2013
B31 shown at the lower right.
 [18]
D-16 310 28 15 2006 [19]
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.
 [20][21]
B-17B 140 1999
NOAA satellite image of Iceberg B-17B, December 11, 2009.
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