Today, I watched an episode and heard the question, but not the answer. Help me out please...

What is the scientific term for the tip of an iceberg, the part that shows above water.

This is bugging me! Anyone know?

 

I'm pretty sure the scientific term is "freeboard" as in the height above the water of the actual berg.

Feel free to correct me if wikipedia says otherwise.

 

Is there a term for the actual part that is above water? Rather than the name of the height?

Wikipedia didn't help, that's why I posted it here.

 

I have heard the term used loosely with reguards to height.

It was something along the lines of "the freeboard was 20ft above water." I assumed the term freeboard referred to the part of the burg above water. I could be wrong.

Discovery Channel will get you.

 

The part above the water is called "the tip", but you knew that.

The more scientific term is "freeboard".

 

And it's "berg" not burg...