Landsat 9 satellite imagery captured a large 17-square-kilometer iceberg drifting south through the Denmark Strait after traveling over 1,000 kilometers from northeastern Greenland.

Key Details

• The iceberg measured roughly 17 square kilometers (7 square miles) on June 12, 2026, approximately five times the size of Central Park.
• The berg originated in northeastern Greenland's Jøkelbugten bay, likely calving from a remnant ice shelf adjacent to Zachariæ Isstrøm.
• By mid-August 2026, the iceberg had drifted about 1,500 kilometers south along the Greenland Coastal Current into the North Atlantic.
• Ice experts from the Danish Meteorological Institute and International Ice Patrol tracked the berg's gradual disintegration in the Denmark Strait.

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