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The iceberg originally was about 54 miles long and 27 miles wide, Young said. The biggest chunk, which covers about 535 square miles, is grounded off the eastern coast of Antarctica.
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The ice island was not expected to interfere with maritime commerce, since ships typically avoid Antarctica because of floating icebergs.
The iceberg probably grew for 50 years as a result of ice flowing from the continental ice sheet, Young said.
Another berg split from the same section of the ice shelf in 1994. It was about 850 square miles when it started drifting around the coast, and it has covered some 1,430 miles.
A total of about 2,300 square miles of the ice-shelf section has broken away in two years. Some 200,000 to 300,000 icebergs break off the coast annually, but only a few massive ones are adrift at any given time.