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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.

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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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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.

Iceberg A23a is absolutely massive and heading towards a tiny island in the South Atlantic Ocean

Known as A23a, the iceberg is humungous and now floating towards a tiny island known as South Georgia in the South Atlantic ...

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An Antarctic mega-iceberg is drifting—How ancient ice history sheds light on its journey

A massive iceberg known as A23a is currently on a collision course with South Georgia Island, threatening to disrupt the ...

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World’s biggest iceberg stalled, sparing wildlife haven

The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially ...

Scientists Finally Explain Mysterious Icebergs Older Than Antarctica Itself

Antarctica’s ice caps have been shaping the ocean for millions of years, but recent discoveries reveal icebergs existed even ...

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ANIMATED MAP: Trajectory of iceberg A23a

Animated map showing the trajectory of the iceberg A23a, the world's largest, off the coast of South Georgia Island, from January 23 to February 28 VIDEOGRAPHIC ...

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Doomsday Iceberg or Nature’s Miracle?

A massive one trillion-ton iceberg, known as A23a, has broken free and is now heading toward South Georgia Island in the ...

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