An iceberg weathered in such manner as to produce spires or pinnacles. Also called PYRAMIDAL ICEBERG, IRREGULAR ICEBERG.
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ICEBERG
A massive piece of ice greatly varying in shape, showing more than 5 meters above the sea surface, which has broken away from a glacier, and which may be afloat or aground. Icebergs may be described as tabular, dome shaped, pinnacled, drydock, glacier or weathered, blocky, tilted blocky, or drydock icebergs. For reports to the International Ice Patrol they are described with respect to size as small, medium, or large icebergs
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LARGE ICEBERG
For reports to the International Ice Patrol, an iceberg that extends more than 150 feet (45 meters) above the sea surface and which has a length of more than 400 feet (122 meters).
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BERGY BIT
A large piece of floating glacier ice, generally showing less than 5 meters above sea level but more than 1 meter and normally about 100 to 300 square meters in area. It is smaller than an ICEBERG but larger than a GROWLER. A typical bergy bit is about the size of a small house.
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BERG
Short for ICEBERG
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CALVING
The breaking away of a mass of ice from an ice wall, ice front, or iceberg
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BLOCKY ICEBERG
An iceberg with steep sides and a flat top. The length-to-height ratio is less than 5:1
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MEDIUM ICEBERG
For reports to the International Ice Patrol, an iceberg that extends 51 to 150 feet (16 to 45 meters) above the sea surface and which has a length of 201 to 400 feet (61 to 122 meters).
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DOME-SHAPED ICEBERG
A solid type iceberg with a large, round, smooth top
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DRYDOCK ICEBERG
An iceberg eroded in such manner that a large U-shaped slot is formed with twin columns. The slot extends into or near the waterline
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SMALL ICEBERG
For reports to the International Ice Patrol, an iceberg that extends 4 to 50 feet (1 to 15 meters) above the sea surface and which has a length of 20 to 200 feet (6 to 60 meters). See also MEDIUM ICEBERG, LARGE ICEBERG.
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