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This annotated 16 May 2005 Envisat ASAR Wide Swath Mode (WSM) image shows the bottle-shaped B-15A iceberg adjacent to the landfast Aviator Glacier ice tongue, towards the top of the image. The Drygalski ice tongue, towards the base of the image, was struck a glancing blow by the drifting B-15A a month earlier. Pieces of Drygalski broken off by the blow can be seen drifting through the sea on either side of B-15A.