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.
World's largest iceberg runs aground – narrowly avoiding smashing into British territory
Megaberg A23A has crash landed near the British overseas territory of South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean home to just 1,000 people and unique animals
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.
A23a megaberg: Ice wall twice the size of Greater London runs aground near British island
Ice wall twice the size of Greater London runs aground near British island - The nearly one-trillion-tonne block of ice, known as A23a, has grounded on the continental shelf off South Georgia island
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.
World’s largest iceberg runs aground
After months of drifting, the world’s largest iceberg has come to a halt near the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean. While a “Titanic II” scenario isn’t very likely, and the area’s penguins seem to be mostly safe, the berg may be a symptom of unwelcome change to the Antarctic and the planet.
World's Largest Iceberg, Weighing Nearly 1 Trillion Tons, Runs Aground Near Sub-Antarctic Island
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) announced on Tuesday, March 4 that the A23a iceberg is currently grounded on the continental shelf about 90 kilometers (56 miles) from the island of South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic area. The A23a iceberg is twice the size of Greater London, and slightly smaller than Rhode Island, according to CNN.
The world's largest iceberg ran aground in the South Atlantic
The world's largest and oldest iceberg A23a weighing about 1 trillion tons has stopped drifting, most likely it ran aground on the continental shelf of the subantarctic island of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory).
Largest Iceberg Grounds Near South Georgia Island
ANTARCTICA: The world's largest and oldest iceberg A23a has finally come to a standstill as it appears to have run aground near the sub-Antarctic
World’s largest iceberg runs aground off British island
Twice the size of Greater London, the trillion-tonne A23a will bring a ‘nutrient bomb’ for South Georgia’s wildlife, say scientists
World's biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island
The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation sai
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The world's largest iceber, an ice giant with an unpredictable path
The world's largest iceberg, A23a, has stopped about 70 kilometers from South Georgia Island, an isolated region of ...
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Delimitation of the Argentine continental shelf
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