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Is 526 kilometers per second as fast as an Iceberg?

It's about 1,000,000 times as fast as an Iceberg
The speed of an Iceberg is about 0.0005 kilometers per second.
(a.k.a. Berg) (Newfoundland iceberg average)
Moved by ocean currents and wind, icebergs can drift at speeds of about 0.0005 kilometers per second. The largest iceberg ever recorded was a found near Baffin Island, Nunavut and was estimated to be nine billion metric tons.
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