Mertz Glacier

[1] Mertz's body likely remains in the glacier that bears his name, a few miles closer to the Southern Ocean than when he was buried in the ice by Mawson.

[3] The separation occurred around the 12 or 13 February along two existing rift lines on opposite sides of the Tongue.

The iceberg is 400 metres (1,300 ft) high, has a surface area of 2,545 square kilometres (983 sq mi)[7] and weights in at about 860 billion tonnes.

[9] The iceberg drifted westwards after the collision and in April 2010 hit a submerged peak which caused it to break into two pieces.

[12][13] A 641 ha site on fast ice near the northern, or terminal, edge of the glacier toe has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of emperor penguins.

Mertz Glacier
The protruding part of the glacier tongue broke away in February 2010
These images show the iceberg and glacier tongue immediately before and after the collision.