4 days ago · This time, an iceberg the size of Rhode Island could park itself near South Georgia Island. "South Georgia is an amazingly ecologically rich island," British Antarctic Survey physical ...

1 day ago · An enormous iceberg known as A23a is heading towards South Georgia: a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean, filled with seals and penguins. The trillion-ton megaberg was stuck in the ocean ...

3 days ago · 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 ...

Jan 23, 2025 · 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 ...

3 days ago · World's largest iceberg on the move after dislodging from ocean floor 04:09. The world's biggest iceberg -- three time the size of New York City -- could drift towards a remote island where a ...

5 days ago · A massive iceberg, identified as A23a, is drifting northeastward and could be on a collision course with the British territory of South Georgia Island. As of mid-January, the iceberg was estimated to cover an area of 1,062 nautical miles, roughly the size of Rhode Island, according to the U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC). The USNIC is responsible for naming, tracking, and documenting large ...

2 days ago · Right now, iceberg A23a is floating about 180 miles (~290 kilometers) off the coast of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It turns out, A23a is the largest iceberg in the Earth's oceans today and has been at sea since 1986 when it broke off from the Filchner Ice Shee t. It measures almost 50 miles (80 kilometers) from west to …

Jan 14, 2025 · A23A is currently the world's biggest iceberg with an area of approximately 3,000 square kilometers, which is about the size of Rhode Island, and is slowly moving toward South Georgia Island (Islas Georgias Del Sur). The iceberg, or megaberg, could collide with the island or get stuck in the shoals around it, or the ocean currents could guide ...

Jan 24, 2025 · The slab of ice — named A23a — weighs almost one trillion tonnes and could slam into South Georgia Island before either getting stuck or being guided around the land by currents.

Jan 23, 2025 · An iceberg seen on NASA’s Aqua satellite, known as A23a, center, is visible as it heads toward South Georgia Island, top, on Jan. 15, 2025, off the coast of Antarctica. [Photo: NASA Worldview ...