A second giant iceberg has broken off from Antarctica and is bumping into a huge iceberg that broke off the Ross Ice Shelf last week, researchers said Friday.

MATTHEW LAZZARA of the University of Wisconsin’s Antarctic Meteorological Research Center found the latest iceberg, which will be named B-17, while scanning images taken from a satellite orbiting the poles.
 
He said the new iceberg lies to the north and east of Roosevelt Island and is 80 miles by 12 miles (130 by 20 kilometers). The larger iceberg is 183 miles by 23 miles (295 by 37 kilometers), roughly the size of Jamaica.
 
“The high-resolution satellite data that we receive enables us to track these bergs easily, at least in clear conditions,” Lazzara said in a statement.
 
The images show the two giant icebergs, and a third, smaller one known as B-16, jostling one another just off the island.
The researchers said it was not yet clear if the icebergs would pose a threat to shipping.

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