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The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision ... In this handout photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey, a view of the A23a iceberg is seen from the ...
The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica toward the island of South Georgia.. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously ...
A23a is a large tabular iceberg which calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986. It was stuck on the sea bed for many years but then started moving in 2020. As of January 2025, its area is about 3,500 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi), which makes it the current largest iceberg in the world.
The iceberg was first spotted on 22 January by the British Antarctic Survey and was later confirmed by the U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) using satellite imagery. [3] As of 31 March 2023, the iceberg was located at 76°48' South and 33°41' West and had a length of 28 nautical miles and width of 25 nautical miles. [4]
The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again after decades of being grounded on the seafloor and more recently spinning on the spot, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The mega ...
As the world’s largest iceberg, the colossus A23a is of great interest to scientists, who have closely monitored the frozen block since it calved from Antarctica’s Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in ...
Iceberg A-74 is an iceberg that calved from the north side of the Antarctic Brunt Ice Shelf in February 2021. Its calving had been anticipated due to large ice rifts that opened up in September 2019 and spread in the Antarctic summer of 2020–21. The iceberg measured 1,270 square kilometres (490 sq mi) soon after calving.
The iceberg is now headed north again. BAS said A23a is expected to head toward the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, where it will begin melting in warmer waters and break into smaller icebergs.