Named B-15, it measured 170 miles (270 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide. Now, some 15 years later, the iceberg has broken up into a number of smaller fragments, but one chunk is still ...

B-15 isn’t the only gigantic Antarctic iceberg that researchers are keeping track of. Last July, a massive berg (but not as massive at B-15) called A-68 broke away from the Larsen C ice shelf.

The largest iceberg ever recorded is Iceberg B-15, which calved from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. This iceberg measured approximately 4,250 square miles—nearly the size of Connecticut.

Iceberg B-15 first sparked concern among climate scientists in March 2000, when it broke away from Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf and became the largest iceberg ever recorded.

Like B-15A, this iceberg was originally part of the massive B-15 iceberg that broke off the Ross Ice Shelf (at the image base) back in April 2000 and subsequently broke up into multiple pieces.

One fragment of B-15, dubbed B-15J, made an appearance in satellite imagery in early December 2011. The iceberg had finally strayed far from Antarctica, and began breaking into smaller pieces.

Oct. 5 -- Imagine if the state of Connecticut somehow splintered from the continental United States, then floated south and rammed into Long Island, knocking a chunk of the New York appendage into ...

The iceberg, named B-22A, ... That record is held by an iceberg called B-15, which measured a massive 4,247 square miles, and broke off from the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica in March 2000.

The satellite images show that the iceberg is rotating counterclockwise about 15 degrees a day. However, NASA scientists were ...

Christchurch, New Zealand - The threat of sea access being blocked to US and New Zealand bases in Antarctica may have receded after the world's largest iceberg broke free from the McMurdo Sound sea ...

The largest iceberg ever recorded is Iceberg B-15, which calved from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. This iceberg measured approximately 4,250 square miles—nearly the size of Connecticut.