Japan tsunami battered ice shelf in Antarctic

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Satellite photos reveals that huge icebergs were created when the tsunami hit West Antarctica's Sulzberger Ice Shelf, that caused 125 sq km of ice to break off from the shelf front which has remained stable for the last 46 years.
 
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