A23a: Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in …
1 day ago · The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards the island of South Georgia.. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously ...
A23a: Giant iceberg on collision course with island - BBC
1 day ago · This isn't the first huge iceberg to threaten South Georgia and Sandwich Islands. In 2004 one called A38 grounded on its continental shelf, leaving dead penguin chicks and seal pups on beaches as ...
World's biggest iceberg A23a drifting towards penguin-packed island
15 hours ago · The world's largest iceberg, named A23a and pictured via satellite on January 23, has broken free of its sea floor mooring in the Southern Ocean and is gradually drifting towards the British South ...
World's Largest Iceberg on Collision Course With Remote Islands
19 hours ago · The BAS team predicts winds and currents will carry A23a into the Southern Ocean as it follows the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, taking it closer to an area known as 'iceberg alley'. "South Georgia sits in iceberg alley so impacts are to be expected for both fisheries and wildlife," marine ecologist Mark Belchier told BBC News.
World's largest iceberg moves toward an island off Antarctica …
22 hours ago · 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.
World's Largest Iceberg Could Hit British Island And Wreak Havoc …
10 hours ago · It is feared that the iceberg A23a, on the move for more than a month now, is headed north from Antarctica and is on a collision course with an island in the South Atlantic. The island A23a could hit in South Georgia, a wildlife haven in the British territory, endangering the lives of penguins and seals.
Trillion tonne iceberg on collision course with South Georgia
1 day ago · The world’s largest and oldest iceberg, A23a a ‘mega-berg’ double the size of Greater London and weighing more than one trillion tonnes, is on the move after decades of being grounded on the seafloor – and it appears to be on a collision course with the remote British island of South Georgia.
World’s largest iceberg on collision course with British island
1 day ago · Frozen mass known as A23a threatens penguin and seal colonies on South Georgia and is expected to make contact in two to four weeks The world’s largest and oldest iceberg is on a collision ...
'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South …
1 day ago · 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 ...
January 17, 2025 - A23A Nears South Georgia Island
Jan 17, 2025 · In this image, the bright white rectangular-shaped Iceberg A23A floats roughly 250 kilometers (155 miles) off the southern tip of crescent-shaped South Georgia Island. Clouds swirl around both the island and the iceberg while brilliant streaks and swirls of blue and green color the waters of the South Atlantic Ocean.