Can you give me the area of the iceberg, or the dimensions, and where it was sighted?

Iceberg B15, which calved from the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000 and initially had an area of 11 000 km², was the largest iceberg ever recorded. It broke into two in November 2002. As of December 2004, the largest remaining piece of it, iceberg B15A, with an area of 3000 km², is still the largest iceberg (moreover, the largest floating object) on Earth.

Cristy raises her hand again. "Iceberg B15, which calved from theRoss Ice Shelf in 2000 and initially had an area of 11 000 km², was the largest iceberg ever recorded. It broke into two in November 2002. As of December 2004, the largest remaining piece of it, iceberg B15A, with an area of 3000 km², is still the largest iceberg (moreover, the largest floating object) on Earth."

Nope sorry, that's not it... that's about a third of the size of the largest.

[OOC: I wont be on the internet tomorrow (my time) at all, and I was going to close the lesson just for tomorrow, but since no-one has guessed yet I will keep it open. Please don't spam, but post if you think you know the answer. I will check in as soon as I get back on to go through the answers. As always, the person to get it first will get the points.]

Ashwin raises his hand very quicly and says
"The largest icebergs (also referred to as ice islands) originate from the vast ice shelves surrounding Antarctica. The largest-known iceberg was from this region. It was roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island."

Liam raised his hand and said "The largest iceberg is in the Ross ice shelf of the coast of Antartica, it is about the size of rhode island"

The largest icebergs (also referred to as ice islands) originate from the vast ice shelves surrounding Antarctica. The largest-known iceberg was from this region. It was roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island.

The tallest known iceberg in the North Atlantic was 550 feet high. Extending out of the water to almost the height of the Washington Monument, it is the tallest iceberg recorded to date.

Nadia raised her hand even though her answer was just continuing with what others have said, "Either iceberg B15A, with an area of 3000 km², is supposedlythe largest iceberg on Earth, or...

"Well, the Antarctic Ice Sheet — a 2-mile-thick ice-layed land larger than Australia, covers an area of almost 14 million km² and contains 30 million km³ of ice. However, most East Antarctica the ice sheet rests on a major land mass, but in West Antarctica (3.2 million km2 of ice) the bed is in places more than 2500 m below sea level. It would be seabed if the ice sheet were not there. Hence, why it might be considered an iceberg."

Nadia dropped her hand. OK, this was most definitely wrong but only so not to give the answer everyone else have given...

The largest iceberg is known as B15A, and measures about 1,200 square miles.
A piece of it broke off and is blocking Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, threatening tens of thousands of penguin chicks with starvation and cutting off a supply route for three science stations: The U.S. McMurdo Station, New Zealand's Scott Base, and Italy's Terra Nova base.
It is called "the largest floating thing on the planet right now". It is so big it has blocked wind and water currents that break up ice floes in McMurdo Sound during the Antarctic summer. Solutions included the possibility of breaking an 80-mile path through the ice.

No, noone has it right yet, so I am upgrading the question to 50 points!

The berg doesn't necessarily still have to exist today, it just says the largest recorded.

Martha doesn't know if her answer is right, but she takes a risk. For 50 points she'd do anything...raising her hand she says, "The largest iceberg on record was encountered near Baffin Island in 1882. It was 13 km long, 6 km wide and had a freeboard (height above water) of about 20 m. The mass of that iceberg was in excess of 9 billion tons - enough water for everyone, in the world to drink a litre a day for over 4 years."

Annielooked over at Martha and nodded as she agreed with her answer.

"The largest iceberg recorded ( in 1956 ) was 200 miles long and 60 miles wide, larger that the country of Belgium." Nadia answered, raising her hand, "Also, in 1987 an iceberg with an area of 6350 square kilometers broke from the Ross ice shelf. That berg had a mass of around 1.4 trillion tonnes and could have supplied everyone in the world with 240 tonnes of pure drinking water."

The largest Northern Hemisphere iceberg on record was encountered near Baffin Island in 1882. It was 13 km long, 6 km wide and had a freeboard (height above water) of about 20 m. The mass of that iceberg was in excess of 9 billion tonnes - enough water for everyone, in the world to drink a litre a day for over 4 years. Despite this staggering statistic, icebergs from Antarctica may be many times larger than this. In 1987 an iceberg with an area of 6350 square kilometers broke from the Ross ice shelf. That berg had a mass of around 1.4 trillion tonnes and could have supplied everyone in the world with 240 tonnes of pure drinking water.

Kali answered, "The largest recorded iceberg was seen off the coast of Scott Island, off Antarctica, but south of New Zealand. It measured 208 by 60 miles."


ooc- sorry. not sure what that is in kilometers.

I do not know the name but I think this is it.

The largest Northern Hemisphere iceberg on record was encountered near Baffin Island in 1882. It was 13 km long, 6 km wide and had a freeboard (height above water) of about 20 m. The mass of that iceberg was in excess of 9 billion tonnes - enough water for everyone, in the world to drink a litre a day for over 4 years. Despite this staggering statistic, icebergs from Antarctica may be many times larger than this. In 1987 an iceberg with an area of 6350 square kilometers broke from the Ross ice shelf. That berg had a mass of around 1.4 trillion tonnes and could have supplied everyone in the world with 240 tonnes of pure drinking water.

It was worth a try even if I didn't get it but I'll keep on trying if its not right.

That's right! The largest iceberg measured over 31,000sq km. It was 335km long and 97km wide, making it larger than Belgium! It was sighted 240km west of Scott Island in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, by the USS Glacier on November 12, 1956.

50 points!

15. Largest ocean?

The Pacific Ocean

Yep! Escluding adjacent seas, the Pacific Ocean represents 45.9% of the world's oceans and covers 166, 241, 700cu km in area. The average depth is 3940m.

16. Highest ocean temperature?

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16. Highest ocean temperature?

The Persian Gulf's water surface reached 96 degrees Farenheight/36 degrees Celsius on August 5, 1924.

*raise hand* "A little-known buoy 26 miles off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey registered a water temperature of 83.1 degrees. It was the highest ocean temperature ever recorded, off the New Jersey coast (14 degrees above normal) and a level typically found only in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico."

"The highest ocean temperature ever recorded was at 759 degress Fahrenheit (404 degrees Celsius) measured above a hydrothermal vent in 1985 in the Pacific Ocean," Kali said.

Almost all of Hawaii is cooled to some extent by ocean breezes. The USA's highest temperature, the 134 degrees on July 10, 1913 in Death Valley,California

Yes!

17. Longest river?

The Nile

Located in Egypt.

4,145 miles long

6,670 kilometers