‘…The iceberg that has been threatening to break from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf has finally made its move. lt is now officially one of the largest icebergs ever recorded—more than 120 miles long, 1,100 feet thick, 2,240 square miles in area, and 230 cubic miles in volume.
Just how big is that? Reporters around the world are figuring out comparisons for an object this large for their readers. It is …
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“Twice the volume of Lake Erie,” according to the Associated Press and Project Midas, which has been closely tracking the iceberg’s progress,
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“Twice the size of Luxembourg” (poor Luxembourg!), according to The Guardian,
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“The size of Delaware,” according to The New York Times,
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“A quarter the size of Wales,” according to the BBC,
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“The size of 10 cities like Madrid or four like Mexico City,” according to El Pais,
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“Sixty times larger than Paris,” according to Le Figaro,
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And “twice the size of the Australian Capital Territory, four times the size of London,” according to the AFP. …’
Source: Atlas Obscura
