• This satellite image taken March 17 shows iceberg C-38, which has calved from the Conger Ice Shelf in the Wilkes Land Region of Antarctica. As of March 17, C-38 measured 16 by 10 nautical miles. C-38 comprised virtually all that remained of the Conger Ice Shelf. The ice shelf disintegrated completely last week in east Antarctica during the unprecedented heat wave that hit the region, scientists said. | U.S. NATIONAL ICE CENTER / VIA AFP-JIJI
    This satellite image taken March 17 shows iceberg C-38, which has calved from the Conger Ice Shelf in the Wilkes Land Region of Antarctica. As of March 17, C-38 measured 16 by 10 nautical miles. C-38 comprised virtually all that remained of the Conger Ice Shelf. The ice shelf disintegrated completely last week in east Antarctica during the unprecedented heat wave that hit the region, scientists said. | U.S. NATIONAL ICE CENTER / VIA AFP-JIJI

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An east Antarctica ice shelf disintegrated this month following a period of extreme heat in the region, according to scientists.

Satellite images show the 1,200 square-kilometer Conger Ice Shelf collapsed completely on or around March 15.

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