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World's largest iceberg, A23a, grounded on British island

The oldest and largest iceberg on Earth landed on a sub-Antarctic island belonging to Britain Tuesday. According to the British Antarctic Survey research organization, the mass known as A23a has stopped drifting and run aground on South Georgia,

Gizmodo · 6h

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.

CBS News · 10h

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.

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The gift of an iceberg to the ocean

Plus, the wildlife in the oceans around the island could benefit massively over time from the disintegration of iceberg A23a.

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Wildlife Haven Spared Impact as World's Largest Iceberg Grinds to a Halt

The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation ...

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