A large iceberg has broken off the Grey glacier in southern Chile, with authorities saying the cause of the rupture is unclear.
Chile's CONAF forestry service shared photos on social media of the enormous block of blue-white ice, which measures 350 metres by 380 metres, as it floated free in waters of a glacial lagoon near the southern tip of the South American continent.
Park officials at Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, home to the glacier, say such ruptures are rare and have not occurred since the early 1990s.
Torres del Paine is one of Chile's most popular tourist attractions, famous for its mountain views and visited by more than 115,000 tourists annually, according to CONAF.
Reuters
