Iceberg B-46

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Iceberg B-46 calving from the Pine Island Glacier Iceberg B-46 calving from Pine Island Glacier.jpg
Iceberg B-46 calving from the Pine Island Glacier

Iceberg B-46 is a large iceberg that broke free from Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica in October 2018. It was 225 km2 at its greatest extent. [1] The iceberg was detected by the Landsat 8 satellite and later photographed by a NASA DC-8 as part of their IceBridge recording project. [1]

The shedding of icebergs by the Pine Island Glacier used to occur on average every 6 years; but has become a near annual event. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Antarctic: Nasa shares close-up photos of big PIG iceberg". BBC News. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Pine Island Glacier Quickly Drops Another Iceberg". Nasa Earth Observatory. NASA. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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