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* Iceberg B-31, 615 km2 (237 sq mi), 2014
* Iceberg B-31, 615 km2 (237 sq mi), 2014
* Iceberg D-16, 310 km2 (120 sq mi), 2006
* Iceberg D-16, 310 km2 (120 sq mi), 2006
Ice sheet, 260 km2 (100 sq mi), broken off of Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland on August 5, 2010, considered to be the largest Arctic iceberg since 1962.[9] About a month later, this iceberg split into two pieces upon crashing into Joe Island in the Nares Strait next to Greenland.[10] In June 2011, large fragments of the Petermann Ice Islands were observed off the Labrador coast.[11]
Iceberg B-17B 140 km2 (54 sq mi), 1999, shipping alert issued December 2009.[12]


==Shape==
==Shape==

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