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.

Eventually, iceberg A23a will break up and enter the waters of South Georgia. With climate change accelerating, this is likely to happen sooner rather than later.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Southwest of South Georgia and stretching further than the eye can see, Iceberg A23a is 40 miles wide and a total of 3,100 Sq Km, making it larger than Greater London. It is also estimated to be ...

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 ...