World's Largest Iceberg Runs Aground Off South Georgia

World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off South Georgia
The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean near Antarctica since 2020.
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 runs aground off British island
Twice the size of Greater London, the trillion-tonne A23a will bring a ‘nutrient bomb’ for South Georgia’s wildlife, say scientists
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 runs aground in South Georgia and blocks off key penguin feeding ground
The so-called A23a iceberg, the world's largest, has run aground in South Georgia after almost 40 years at sea, threatening important penguin colonies.
World's Biggest Iceberg Runs Aground Off Remote Antarctic Island
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 said 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,
Mapped: World's Largest Iceberg Runs Aground Off South Georgia
The world's largest iceberg has run aground in Antarctica and may soon start breaking up, scientists at the British Antarctic Survey have said. A23a, as the iceberg is known, appears to have come to a standstill near the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia,
World's biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island
The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometers from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organization said Tuesday.
Iceberg A23a is absolutely massive and heading towards a tiny island in the South Atlantic Ocean
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