Iceberg Question..

[paul_valaru]

When is an iceberg officially an iceberg, what size is it, etc.

or can you throw a ice cube in the ocean and call it an iceberg.

 

[POStech]

Size Category Height Length
Growler Less than 1 metre (3 feet) Less than 5 metres (16 feet)
Bergy Bit 1-4 metres (3-13 feet) 5-14 metres (15-46 feet)
Small 5-15 metres (14-50 feet) 15-60 metres (47-200 feet)
Medium 16-45 metres (51-150 feet) 61-122 metres (201-400 feet)
Large 46-75 metres (151-240 feet) 123-213 metres (401-670 feet)
Very Large Over 75 metres (240 feet) Over 213 metres (670 feet)

 

[Leslie]

See? Less than a metre.

HA.

 

[Luis G]

Size Category Height Length
Growler Less than 1 metre (3 feet) Less than 5 metres (16 feet)
Bergy Bit 1-4 metres (3-13 feet) 5-14 metres (15-46 feet)
Small 5-15 metres (14-50 feet) 15-60 metres (47-200 feet)
Medium 16-45 metres (51-150 feet) 61-122 metres (201-400 feet)
Large 46-75 metres (151-240 feet) 123-213 metres (401-670 feet)
Very Large Over 75 metres (240 feet) Over 213 metres (670 feet)

I think those numbers refer to the size above sea level only. But "less than 1 metre" can also mean 0.0000001cm so the table itself must be wrong or "growlers" aren't icebergs at all.

 

[Inkara1]

Maybe the dividing line should be if the "iceberg" contains enough ice to fill a German Oktoberfest beer stein. If it can fill "das boot" (anyone seen Beerfest?) then it's certainly an iceberg.

 

[BB]

*starts snowball fight*