The world's largest and oldest iceberg, named A23a, has run aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic known for its populations of penguins ...

The huge iceberg A23a measures almost 1,500 ... Why does it pose a threat to South Georgia? The iceberg could ground against the island, meaning that the many seals and penguins which live there ...

A23a, the world’s largest and oldest iceberg, broke off Antarctica nearly 40 years ago. In 2020, it began to journey toward South Georgia. As the island is home to a plethora of biodiverse ...

A23a has followed roughly the same ... said he was confident the iceberg would sidestep South Georgia. "The island acts as an obstacle for ocean currents and therefore usually diverts the water ...

A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice ...

Currently, A23a is about 280km from the island. South Georgia will be ... advises the South Georgian government, noted. "South Georgia sits in Iceberg Alley, so impacts are to be expected for ...

The world’s biggest iceberg ... island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — could slam into South Georgia ...

The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica toward the island of South Georgia. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously ...

Scientists are monitoring A23a closely, anticipating two possible scenarios: the iceberg could collide with South Georgia and become lodged, or ocean currents might divert it around the island.

The iceberg in question is A-23A, sometimes called A23a. It is the world’s oldest ... The ice slab is meandering and moving parallel to South Georgia Island, oceanographer Andrew Meijers said.

According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the 3,600 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a broke ... adrift in the South Atlantic, probably towards South Georgia Island.