As of Jan. 16, the megaberg, known as A23a, is roughly 180 miles (290 kilometers) away from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, according to location coordinates from the U.S. National Ice Center. A collision with these islands could be catastrophic for the large colonies of penguins, seals, and other wildlife that live there.
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World's largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting towards the British island of South Georgia. A23a has been monitored for 30 years, since it first calved from Filchner ice shelf in Antarctica.
Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg according to AFP News. Its imposing size and slow, steady movement have captivated oceanographers and researchers alike, though predicting its exact path has proven difficult due to the unpredictable forces of ocean currents.
The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards the island of South Georgia.
It’s also a natural process happening more frequently because of human-caused climate change, said British Antarctic Survey physical oceanographer Andrew Meijers, who examined the iceberg up close in December 2023 when it drifted past the research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough.
The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting northward from Antarctica, potentially threatening South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic. The massive iceberg, spanning 3,672 square kilometres (1,418 square miles), has raised fears of ecological disruption and risks to shipping routes.
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The trillion-ton slab of ice that scientists call a "megaburg" broke off from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. Scientists catalogued it under the name A23a. It was stuck at sea for decades but confirmed to be moving again more than a year ago.
The iceberg cometh. The spinning iceberg is approximately 1,500 square miles in size and located about 173 miles from the islands. If A23a grounds and wedges in the waters close t