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Thursday, May 20, 2021, 11:16 GMT+7 A view of the newly calved iceberg designated A-76 by scientists, the largest currently afloat in the world according to the European Space Agency (ESA), and captured by the ESA s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission is seen in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on May 20, 2021. Photo: ESA/Copernicus Sentinel-1 Mission, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO/Handout via Reuters A giant slab of ice bigger than the Spanish island of Majorca has sheared off from the frozen edge of Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest iceberg afloat in the world, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday. The newly calved berg, designated A-76 by scientists, was spotted in recent satellite images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, the space agency said in a statement posted on its website with a photo of the enormous, oblong ice sheet.

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