Massive 1600 square km iceberg breaks off Antarctica
By: PanARMENIAN.Net
A enormous
iceberg bigger than Los Angeles or
Greater London has separated from the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the largest to do so in more than half a century herunterladen. The table
iceberg, named D-28 by scientists, broke off the shelf in east
Antarctica on September 26. It measures 1636 square kilometres (632
square miles) in area, is 210 metres (689 feet) thick and weighs a
massive 315 billion tons insta profilbild downloaden. The iceberg will now be tracked because it
poses a potential hazard for shipping. Scientists from the
Australian Antarctic Program, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies