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Iceberg bigger than Manhattan breaks off from Antarctica, dubbed world’s largest By Catherine Park Humans are the likely cause of the shift in Atlantic hurricane cycles, a new climate study suggests The world’s largest iceberg just formed after breaking off from Antarctica, according to the European Space Agency. The giant piece of ice is shaped like an ironing board and it’s about 105 miles in length and 15 miles wide - to put that into perspective, Manhattan Island is only 22 miles in length and 3 miles wide. Dubbed A-76, the iceberg calved off the Western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the Weddell Sea, according to the ESA.

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