World's Largest Iceberg Runs Aground Off South Georgia

World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off South Georgia
The iceberg spanned an area of 3,672 square kilometers (1,418 square miles) when measured in August 2024 – slightly smaller than Rhode Island and more than twice the size of London. It calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986 and then rested on the seabed in the Weddell Sea for more than 30 years.
World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island
A23a weighs nearly a trillion metric tons, making it the world’s largest active iceberg. It calved from Antarctica in 1986, making it the world’s oldest berg. And now, after drifting for half a decade, A23a has grounded itself about 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of South Georgia.
World's largest iceberg — on collision course with remote penguin island — runs aground
The iceberg A23a has run aground in the shallow waters off of South Georgia, a remote British territory in the Southern Atlantic, researchers say.
World’s biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing island
The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground about 70km from a remote antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organization said on Tuesday.
Mega-iceberg from Antarctica on collision course with South Georgia: Harbinger of things to come?
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 is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate change is making it happen more frequently,
Largest Iceberg Grounds Near South Georgia Island
ANTARCTICA: The world's largest and oldest iceberg A23a has finally come to a standstill as it appears to have run aground near the sub-Antarctic
World's largest iceberg, A23a, grounded on British island
March 4 (UPI) -- The oldest and largest iceberg on Earth landed on a sub-Antarctic island belonging to Britain Tuesday.
World’s largest iceberg A23a grounded, sparing South Georgia wildlife
The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70km from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation said on Tuesday.
World’s biggest iceberg runs AGROUND off Brit island after breaking from Antarctica & spinning on the spot for 30yrs
THE world’s biggest iceberg which is twice the size of Greater London has run aground after heading ominously toward a British island. The titanic A23a iceberg left fishermen in fear –
Mapped: World's Largest Iceberg Runs Aground Off South Georgia
The world's largest iceberg has run aground and may soon start breaking up, scientists at the British Antarctic Survey said. A23a, as the iceberg is known, appears to have come to a standstill near the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia,
The world's largest iceberg runs aground before colliding with the British island of South Georgia
There were fears that the huge chunk of ice would impact a significant area of marine fauna reproduction, where hundreds of seals live. Scientists from Antarctica were watching with concern the trajectory of A23a,
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A23a iceberg poses no threat to South Georgia, for now
The world's largest iceberg, A23a, has grounded 73 kilometers off South Georgia Island, alleviating concerns about a ...
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Mega-iceberg from Antarctica is headed toward South Georgia—here's what could happen
In the process, they have also found an explanation for the mysterious discovery of ancient material from Antarctica near South Orkney, an island to the southwest of South Georgia. Ice caps ...