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Harry Baker

World's largest iceberg is no more after being ripped apart in 'iceberg graveyard'

The fragments of the world's largest iceberg A-76A captured by NASA's Terra satellite on May 24. South Georgia island is also visible in this image but is covered in snow and partially obscured by cloud. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/MODIS/Wanmei Liang)

The world's largest iceberg is no more. The enormous chunk of ice, which was around twice the size of Los Angeles, has fractured into multiple city-size slabs, new satellite images show. 

The iceberg, known as A-76A, was the largest remaining piece of a Rhode Island-size slab that broke off from Antarctica's Ronne Ice Shelf in May 2021. 

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