Floe

A floe is any contiguous piece of sea ice. Floes may be described in terms of several size categories:

  • Giant: over 10km across
  • Vast: 2-10km across
  • Big: 500-2000m across
  • Medium: 100-500m across
  • Small: 20-100m across
  • Floes less than 20m across are called cake ice
Floe
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