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An iceberg is the largest floating object we know of. In the case of iceberg B-15, which calved off Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in 2000, this massive block of ice had a surface are of about 1,200 square miles! It was about the size of Jamaica! Use the link below to learn more and see a satellite photo - not that it really reveals the true size of this berg.

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