In 2020, it began to journey toward South Georgia. As the island is home to a plethora of biodiverse species, South Georgia’s future was in question as A23a barreled toward it for almost five years.

Iceberg A-23A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds.

According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the 3,600 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a broke off from Antarctica and was reportedly going adrift in the South Atlantic, probably towards ...

The iceberg A23a has run aground in the shallow waters off of South Georgia, a remote British territory in the Southern Atlantic, researchers say. Latest U.S.

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 toward a remote island where a ...

According to the British Antarctic Survey research organization, the mass known as A23a has stopped drifting and run aground on South Georgia, an unpopulated island that is part of the British ...

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 ...

After a leisurely five-year journey, the ginormous iceberg A23a appears to have run aground near the Southern Ocean’s South Georgia Island, according to the British Antarctic Survey.

Weighing nearly a trillion metric tonnes (1.1 trillion tons), A23a has come to a stop off the island of South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean, according to a ...

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.

The iceberg, A23a, broke free from its position north of the South Orkney Islands last month and is now heading towards South Georgia, where it could crash into the island. Researchers tracking ...