Iceberg A-76A in the Drake Passage - NASA Earth Observatory
Nov 3, 2022 · This is Antarctic iceberg A-76A—the biggest remaining piece of what was once the largest iceberg floating in the world’s oceans. The berg is visible in this natural-color image, acquired on October 31, 2022, with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.
Iceberg A-76 - Wikipedia
In mid-May 2021, A-76 was, before it broke into three, [1] the world's largest floating iceberg, calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. [2] [3] [4] The new iceberg, effectively a piece of floating ice shelf, detached from the western side of the ice shelf.
Swirling Iceberg A76A in the Drake Passage | NASA Earthdata
Dec 4, 2022 · Take a deeper dive into NASA Earth science data. Animation starting November 20 and ending December 4, 2022, of Iceberg A76A swirling in the Drake Passage. A76A was part of the A76 iceberg that calved from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica in May 2021.
Shrinking Iceberg A-76A - NASA Earth Observatory
Jun 1, 2023 · By October 2022, Iceberg A-76A had likely escaped the clockwise circulation of the Weddell Gyre and entered the Drake Passage—a turbulent body of water between South America’s Cape Horn and Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands. More than a year into its voyage, the berg’s size had not changed much.
World’s largest iceberg is getting swept away from Antarctica to …
Nov 8, 2022 · A new satellite image shows that the world's largest iceberg, A-76A, has entered the Drake Passage, a waterway that contains a fast-moving ocean current that will send the mighty berg...
Iceberg A-76E, F, G, H, I Press Release - usicecenter.gov
Suitland, MD — The U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) has confirmed that icebergs A-76E, A76-F, A76-G, A76-H, and A76-I (Figure 1, below) calved from iceberg A-76A in the northern Weddell Sea. The calving event was first spotted on MODIS imagery as early as May 08.
Iceberg A-76A, B, C Press Release - usicecenter.gov
Iceberg A-76C was centered at 75° 37' South, 57° 22' West and measures 16 nautical miles on its longest axis and seven nautical miles on its widest axis. The new icebergs were first spotted by Dr Jan Lieser of Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and confirmed by USNIC Ice Analyst Christopher Readinger using the Sentinel-1A image shown below.
All You Need To Know About Iceberg A76 - Vedantu
Iceberg A76: The Mightiest of All According to the US National Ice Centre, the biggest iceberg has been spotted in the Weddell Sea. This centre has used the imaging technology of Copernicus Sentinel 1 to track down the formation of the biggest ever recorded iceberg in the Antarctic region.
World's largest iceberg is no more after being ripped apart in 'iceberg …
Jun 6, 2023 · In October 2022, satellite images revealed that A-76A, which measured around 84 miles (135 kilometers) long and 16 miles (26 km) wide at the time, had moved into a stretch of …
The next 'largest iceberg in the world' just broke away from …
May 20, 2021 · This massive chunk of glacial ice, now named Iceberg A-76, broke free from Antarctica's second largest ice shelf. An immense iceberg broke away from Antarctica over the past week, becoming the...