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20th May 2021
10:24am BST

Image via The European Space Agency
For context, the iceberg is slightly larger than than the Spanish island of Majorca and is nearly four times the size of New York City.
The previous largest iceberg in the world is the A-23A iceberg, also located in the Weddell Sea, which is around 3,880 sq km in size.
Meanwhile, the A-74 iceberg that broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in February of this year was a mere 1,270 sq km in comparisonExplore more on these topics:

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