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Current* Antarctic large iceberg positions derived from ASCAT**

* Last revised: 15:01:07 10/26/16

**Operational users please note: This list cannot possibly contain all potentially hazardous icebergs in Antarctic waters -- Scatterometers such as ASCAT were designed for measuring ocean winds, not icebergs. Scatterometer data is useful for tracking icebergs, but is limited. During the Austral summer contrast between ocean and melting icebergs is reduced, which can result in gaps in visibility. Futher, as the SCP team is not an operational agency, errors are expected and we cannot be held responsible for omissions or errors in this database. Also note that the large icebergs tracked here tend to shed smaller iceberg fragments which are serious navigation hazards in nearby areas. Fragments (large and small) can drift substantial distances from their origins.

This information supplements the Antarctic Iceberg dataset maintained by the U.S. National Ice Center (NIC). If an inconsistency is observed, we recommend that NIC be considered authoritative.

This page is typically updated once or twice a week, typically on Mondays and possibly Fridays. Positions reported here are extracted from near real-time ASCAT data. Positions reported in the full iceberg database are generated from science data and have been more accurately tracked. The full database is updated only a few times per year

 
Iceberg***   Longitude   Lattitude Most recent observation  
(day of year****)
a23a42 5'W 75 57'S 299
a57a58 20'W 67 10'S 299
a57b59 30'W 68 10'S 299
a6135 36'W 63 54'S 299
a6345 51'W 76 25'S 299
a6460 37'W 69 45'S 299
a6628 32'W 52 58'S 299
b09b142 45'E 66 38'S 299
b09d44 16'W 65 44'S 299
b09f44 54'W 68 38'S 299
b09g41 48'E 68 1'S 299
b09h39 6'E 70 19'S 299
b09i135 41'E 65 8'S 299
b15aa25 40'E 69 55'S 299
b15ab51 17'E 65 56'S 299
b15k41 12'W 50 46'S 299
b15t46 19'W 69 31'S 299
b15z45 53'W 69 38'S 299
b1636 33'W 75 26'S 299
b22a109 13'W 74 6'S 299
b28108 38'W 74 48'S 299
b29109 41'W 74 44'S 299
b30153 54'W 75 0'S 299
b31112 17'W 71 24'S 299
b34179 25'E 67 32'S 299
b35107 40'W 72 42'S 299
b37109 0'W 74 33'S 299
b38155 22'W 77 4'S 299
b39135 43'E 65 5'S 299
b40132 29'E 65 34'S 299
b41104 51'W 74 26'S 299
c15143 6'E 66 24'S 299
c18b114 14'E 65 23'S 299
c21b95 52'E 64 58'S 299
c2495 52'E 65 0'S 299
c28b44 45'W 68 23'S 299
c29142 57'E 66 7'S 299
c3096 55'E 64 42'S 299
c3197 4'E 64 36'S 299
c32162 34'E 70 2'S 299
c33169 46'E 73 29'S 299
d15a81 48'E 66 39'S 299
d15b81 58'E 67 27'S 299
d20a36 17'E 69 0'S 299
d20b35 50'E 68 34'S 299
d21a38 19'W 68 14'S 299
d21b81 52'E 65 58'S 299
d2286 53'E 65 59'S 299
d2374 10'E 69 23'S 299
d2629 14'E 69 28'S 299
uk23513 38'E 69 38'S 299
uk324149 29'E 66 7'S 299
uk32515 37'E 69 51'S 299
uk32613 17'E 69 46'S 299

*** National Ice Center (NIC) iceberg designations are used where possible. Additional fragments are numbered. Icebergs not designated by NIC are denoted as "uk". Fragments not separately tracked by NIC may have additional numbers following their designation.

**** UTC day-of-year. Day of year chart


BYU Antarctic Iceberg Database - Comprehensive historic database of Antarctic iceberg positions derived from enhanced resolution scatterometer image time series spanning from 1978 through the present.

Selected papers on scatterometer iceberg tracking:
Paper (2.1MB pdf) K.M. Stuart and D.G. Long, "Tracking large tabular icebergs using the SeaWinds Ku-band microwave scatterometer", Deep-Sea Research Part II, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.11.004, Vol. 59, pp. 1285-1300, 2011.
Paper (620 kB pdf) D.G. Long, Jarom Ballantyne, and C. Bertoia, "Is the Number of Icebergs Really Increasing?" EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 83, No. 42, pp 469 & 474, 15 Oct. 2002
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