According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the 3,600 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a broke off from Antarctica and was reportedly going adrift in the South Atlantic, probably towards ...

The world’s largest iceberg,A23a, is drifting closer to the remote island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. Originally calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea in 1986, this ...

It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that ...

Several icebergs have followed a similar path: in 2004, A 38 grounded on South Georgia’s continental shelf with catastrophic wildlife impacts, A68 melted and missed South Georgia in 2020–2021 ...

World's largest iceberg on the move after dislodging from ocean floor 04:09. The world's largest and oldest iceberg, named A23a, has run aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia, a ...

World's largest iceberg on the move after dislodging from ocean floor 04:09. The world's biggest iceberg — three time the size of New York City — could drift toward a remote island where a ...

In 2024, it is moving on a trajectory known as the "iceberg corridor" towards South Georgia. ICEBERG A23A : The largest Iceberg in the world, Antarctica - 05 Feb 2024.

Iceberg A-23A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds.

In 2004, the A38 iceberg grounded on South Georgia's continental shelf, leaving dead penguin chicks and seal pups. The ice mass is estimated to weigh nearly a trillion tons.

The movement of iceberg A23a towards South Georgia is monitored for potential ecological impacts, though it is unlikely to disrupt local wildlife significantly. This summary was automatically ...

A23a, as the iceberg is known, appears to have come to a standstill near the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia, around 90 kilometers (56 miles) from land. It weighs nearly a trillion tonnes ...