Satellite images of the A23a iceberg splitting apart near South Georgia, on May 3, 2025. NASA/Aqua. Then, in the summer of 2024, A23a became trapped in a Taylor column, a rotating current, above a ...

A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice chunks around the Antarctic island of South Georgia.

World’s biggest iceberg dubbed A23a finally runs aground. ... An aerial view of the A23a iceberg in the waters of The Southern Ocean off Antarctica. Picture: IAN STRACHAN / EYOS Expeditions / AFP ...

The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70km from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation said.