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Huge Iceberg Nine Times As Large As Singapore

Posted by timothy on from the lemon-flavored-would-be-better dept.

DeadBugs writes: "From CNN and the actual National Ice Center press release, a huge iceberg 2130 square miles in size has broke off of Antartica. Satellite pictures are included at each site. This iceberg is larger than the state of Rhode Island and about the same size as Delaware."

2 of 76 comments (clear)

  1. Tiddler! by Account+10 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's only half the size of this one

  2. Re:Nice units by dimator · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm amazed they didn't use the most standard unit of long measurment in America: the length of a football field.

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