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A huge portion of the Larsen C ice shelf (~50,000 km2) in Antarctic Peninsula calved away to an iceberg of area ~6,200 km2 between 10 and 12 July 2017. Larsen C is the fourth largest ice shelf in Antarctica, after Filchner-Ronne, Ross and Amery ice shelves. Unusual rift propagation at Larsen C ice shelf has excited the scientific community during the last six months. The calved area is ~1.6 times the area of Goa and ~4 times the area of Delhi.
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