The iceberg is estimated to be 11,000 square kilometers in size, about twice the size of Delaware. According to Matthew Lazzara, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, the iceberg is about 295 kilometers in length and 37 kilometers wide.

"This is a very big iceberg, close to a record if not a new record," said Lazzara. "It's not often that you see them of this magnitude."

Images of the iceberg from two polar orbiting satellites are available through the UW-Madison Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, a research center supported by the National Science Foundation and housed within the UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center. High-resolution images for news media can be obtained at the following url:

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar orbiter as well as a polar orbiter of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program gathered the data for the images which were assembled at the UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center. Each satellite orbits the Earth, pole to pole, at an altitude of about 700 kilometers.

Real-Time Satellite Imagery At Antarctic Meteorological Research Center

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