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World’s Largest Iceberg Has Run Aground Near South Georgia

World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off South Georgia

The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean near Antarctica since 2020.

CBS News · 5d

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.

Gizmodo · 5d

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.

Iceberg Grinds to a Stop off South Georgia Island

A, after years of drifting, now appears stuck near South Georgia Island. Once lodged in the Southern Weddell Sea for decades, ...

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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 ...

Science Daily13d

Mega-iceberg from Antarctica on collision course with South Georgia: Harbinger of things to come?

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 ...

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World’s Largest Iceberg Heads Towards South Georgia – What Might Happen Next?

The world’s largest iceberg,A23a, is drifting closer to the remote island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. Originally ...

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