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tabular iceberg

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tabular iceberg [′tab·yə·lər ′īs‚bərg]
(oceanography)
An iceberg with clifflike sides and a flat top; usually arises by detachment from an ice shelf. Also known as table iceberg; tabular berg.
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He said: "As we neared the coast we came across this massive tabular iceberg, with the waves driving into the face of it.
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Early analyses show that in just three years the Amery Ice Shelf has advanced five kilometres, while the Shirase Glacier, located in the Indian Ocean sector of the continent, has retreated twelve kilometres, and an enormous tabular iceberg (10,915 km2) calved from the Ross Ice Shelf.
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