ice island

noun

1. a tabular iceberg in the Arctic region.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice island¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

For three decades it was a static "ice island".

From BBC

Born in a mass breakout of bergs from the Filchner Ice Shelf, in the southern Weddell Sea, A23a was almost immediately stuck in shallow bottom muds to become an "ice island" for more than three decades.

From BBC

A23a, as it's called, calved from the Antarctic coastline in 1986, but almost immediately grounded in the Weddell Sea to become, essentially, an ice island.

From BBC

The giant floating ice island, which is only about 200 metres thick, could break apart or run aground.

From The Guardian

By 3 August, this berg, or "ice island", had itself ruptured in two, with both segments then seen to drift out into the Arctic Ocean.

From BBC