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 biggest iceberg appears to have run aground near remote British island
The world's largest iceberg appears to have run aground off the coast of a remote British island home to millions of penguins and seals — potentially threatening local wildlife, but also providing an opportunity for research into such rare "megabergs.
The nearly one-trillion-tonne block of ice, known as A23a, has grounded on the continental shelf off South Georgia island ...
The massive iceberg, measuring around 3,300 sq km (more than twice the size of London, which measures around 1,572 sq km), ...
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