The world's largest iceberg broke away from Antarctica.

 

Its area is over 4 thousand square meters. It is currently the largest in the world.

The iceberg formed on the western side of the Ronne Glacier shelf. Satellite imagery shows that it is 170 kilometers long and 25 kilometers wide.

The iceberg was spotted by the British Antarctic Service and later confirmed by the US National Ice Center with images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite...