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Iceberg C15

Tabular iceberg · last fix 08/13/2026

Iceberg C15 covers 214 km² and was last fixed at 65°50'S 143°01'E on 08/13/2026. That makes it the 15th largest of the 33 icebergs the US National Ice Center currently tracks, carrying 1.7% of all tracked berg area.

Area214 km²
Rank by area15th of 33 tracked
Share of tracked ice1.7%
Last fix08/13/2026
Position65°50'S 143°01'E
Decimal-65.840, 143.020
Distance to pole2,686 km
Treaty areainside 60°S

How it got its name

The letter records the quadrant the berg was first sighted in — C is 180°–90°E, the western Ross Sea and Wilkes Land — and the number is issued in sequence. A trailing letter marks a fragment that broke off a parent berg, so this one has not been logged as a fragment.

Nearest tracked bergs

Nearest stations

60°SC15
C15 at its last fix. Rings are 60°, 70° and 80°S.
B09BC36Dumont d'UrvilleD85 Skiway campN408 KM
Within 815 km. Blue dots are other tracked bergs, orange are stations.
Positions are refixed weekly. Drift tracks appear here once the archive has more than one week of fixes for this berg.