Back in 2000 , scientist discover one of the bombastic icebergs ever detect . Named B-15 , it measured 170 miles ( 270 km ) long and 25 miles ( 40 km ) wide . Now , some 15 years later , the iceberg has break up into a number of smaller fragment , but one clod is still surprisingly turgid .
At its height , iceberg B-15 was nearly as enceinte as the DoS of Connecticut . iceberg lettuce typically get caught up in the swirling Antarctic currents and fall apart , but some , like this one , stay trapped in the coolheaded coastal water system and remain there for decades .
The largest surviving fragment of B-15 , named B-15 T , was recently descry by NASA ’s Operational Land Imager . The object is located amid ocean ice off the Princess Astrid Coast and appraise 32 miles ( 52 km ) farseeing and 8 miles ( 13 km ) wide . The U.S. National Ice Center ( NIC ) report that eight chunks from the original are still around , but none compare to B-15T.
[ NASA Earth Observatory ]
range of a function credit : NASA Earth Observatory look-alike by Joshua Stevens , using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey .
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