Iceberg C-26 Spotted in Ross Sea |
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National Ice Center, Washington, DC USA
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Last Update:
August 26, 2009
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Figure 1. ENVISAT image of C-26 dated August 20, 2009 |
| August 21, 2009, Washington, DC—On August 21, 2009, the National Ice Center (NIC) located a new iceberg meeting the criteria for naming and tracking by the NIC. The new iceberg has been named C-26. The iceberg is located at 69° 17’ 25” South, 159° 41’ 40” West, in the Ross Sea, and measures 10 nautical miles on its longest axis and 2 nautical miles on its widest axis. Mr. Douglas Gavin located C-26 using ENVISAT imagery shown above. Iceberg names are derived from the Antarctic quadrant in which they were originally sighted. The quadrants are divided counter-clockwise in the following manner: A = 0-90W (Bellinghausen/Weddell Sea) When first sighted, an iceberg’s point of origin is documented by the NIC. The letter of the quadrant, along with a sequential number, is assigned to the iceberg. For example, C-26 is sequentially the 26th iceberg tracked by the NIC in Antarctica between 180-90E (Quadrant C). The National Ice Center is a tri-agency operational center represented by the United States Navy (Department of Defense), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Department of Commerce), and the United States Coast Guard (Department of Homeland Security). The National Ice Center mission is to provide the highest quality strategic and tactical ice services tailored to meet the operational requirements of U.S. national interests and to provide specialized meteorological and oceanographic services to United States government agencies. For more information, please contact: |
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