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Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf by coolspot on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @01:12PM (#14754333)
But how big it is in football fields?
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Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf by pc86 on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @01:19PM (#14754407)
About a million.

            1 sq mi     =      2,787,400 sq ft
        2,239 sq mi     = 62,419,737,600 sq ft
            1 fb field  =         57,600 sq ft
    1,083,676 fb fields = 62,419,737,600 sq ft
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