The area of the calved iceberg reaches approximately 4,320 square kilometers. It's a little more Spanish
Another big iceberg calving event in #Antarctica!# A76 has calved from the Ronne Ice Shelf and is currently the biggest iceberg in the world, taking the record from neighbors A23a. Quick image from @sentinel_hub showing # Sentinel1 imagery from today (14th). pic.twitter.com/tdbh9FGqc7
- Laura Gerrish (@laura_gerrish) May 14, 2021
Iceberg A-76 has a length of 170 kilometers and a width25 kilometers. It broke off the western end of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica and is now in the Weddell Sea. The previous record was recorded at around 3880 square kilometers. Object A-32A is also located in the Weddell Sea.
The iceberg was discovered by the British Antarcticservice and confirmed by the US National Ice Center using Copernicus Sentinel-1 images. The Sentinel-1 mission consists of two polar-orbiting satellites that use synthetic aperture C-band radar images, returning data regardless of day or night, allowing us to observe distant regions such as Antarctica year-round.
Traditionally, icebergs are named according to the Antarctic quadrant in which they were originally sighted, then a sequential number, and then, if the iceberg cracks, a sequential letter.
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