Tohoku Tsunami Creates Antarctic Icebergs

  • Released Friday, August 5, 2011
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Nearly 50 square miles of ice broke off the Sulzberger Ice Shelf on the coast of Antarctica, resulting from waves generated by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011.

Nearly 50 square miles of ice broke off the Sulzberger Ice Shelf on the coast of Antarctica, resulting from waves generated by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011.

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This page was originally published on Friday, August 5, 2011.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT.

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  • Japan Tsunami Iceberg (ID: 2011089)
    Monday, August 8, 2011 at 4:00AM

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