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South Georgia Island, iceberg and Antarctica

CNN on MSN · 1d

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.

Phys.org on MSN · 9d

Mega-iceberg from Antarctica is headed toward South Georgia—here's what could happen

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,

World’s largest iceberg runs aground before collision with sub-Antarctic island

The world’s largest and oldest iceberg, A23a, has come to a halt near South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, according to the British Antarctic Survey.

World's biggest iceberg hits off remote Antarctic island

The largest iceberg in the world has collided with the remote British island of South Georgia, threatening penguin ...

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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 ...

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