Iceberg B-9
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Iceberg B-9 154 km by 35 km (5,390 km2) calved away from Antarctica, from the sector east of Roosevelt Island
, neighbouring the Bay of Whales
and immediately east of the calving site of Iceberg B-15
. It carried away Little America V.
Roosevelt Island, Antarctica
Roosevelt Island is an ice-covered island, about long in a NW-SE direction, wide and about in area, lying in the eastern part of the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica...
, neighbouring the Bay of Whales
Bay of Whales
The Bay of Whales is a natural ice harbor, or iceport, indenting the front of Ross Ice Shelf just north of Roosevelt Island. It is the southernmost point of open ocean not only of the Ross Sea, but worldwide...
and immediately east of the calving site of Iceberg B-15
Iceberg B-15
Iceberg B-15 is one of the world's largest recorded icebergs. It measured around 295 km long and 37 km wide , with a surface area of 11,000 km² larger than the island of Jamaica. The mass was estimated around three billion tonnes...
. It carried away Little America V.
External links
- http://uwamrc.ssec.wisc.edu/icebergfaq.html
- "The calving and drift of iceberg B-9 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica," Antarctic Science, 1990