A23a, arguably the world’s largest and oldest iceberg which has been wandering through the South Atlantic and headed for the British Overseas Territory of the South Georgia Islands since last ...

which will likely push it toward South Georgia Island, where it will encounter warmer waters that would break it into smaller icebergs until it melts away. BAS oceanographer Andrew Meijers ...

The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — could slam into South Georgia Island, making it hard for penguin parents ...

The world's largest iceberg might be on a collision course for South Georgia Island. If it grounds on the continental shelf there, it could seriously disrupt wildlife and shipping in the area.

Currently, the gigantic iceberg A23a is moving toward the South Atlantic Ocean and will strike South Georgia Island in two to ...

Iceberg A23a (bottom left) and South Georgia Island (top right) as seen by Aqua's MODIS image on January 15, 2025. Credit: NASA. Most people picture icebergs like big floating boulders in the ocean.

But it began to move again last year and is now approaching South Georgia Island, a small island mainly populated by penguins and seals. The iceberg had been stuck in a rotating water column near ...

The mega-iceberg poses a significant threat to South Georgia Island a remote wildlife haven. The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting toward South Georgia Island, a remote and ecologically ...

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting toward South Georgia Island, a remote and ecologically vital wildlife haven. This massive block of ice, about the size of Rhode Island, poses a ...