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World's Largest Iceberg Runs Aground Off South Georgia

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, 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.

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A23a iceberg poses no threat to South Georgia, for now

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, has grounded 73 kilometers off South Georgia Island, alleviating concerns about a ...

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The gift of an iceberg to the ocean

Scientists believe that the melting of the iceberg could cause an "explosion of life" in the surrounding ocean waters.

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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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