Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new satellite images show.

The world's largest and oldest iceberg, named A23a, has run aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic known for its populations of penguins ...

After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...

Flying over the massive iceberg, it's indistinguishable from the horizon. But as it melts, chunks of ice risk floating towards South Georgia, presenting a problem for some of its penguins, seals and ...

and particularly since 2023 when it moved out of the Weddell Sea into the wider South Atlantic. For months late last year, the iceberg was trapped in a “Taylor column” which kept it spinning ...

By Victor Mather After months of drifting, the world’s largest iceberg has come to a halt near the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean. While a “Titanic II” scenario isn’t ...

a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean, according to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) published Tuesday. The iceberg spanned an area of 3,672 square ...

and slightly smaller than the State of Rhode Island The world’s largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean, according to British researchers.

from the South Atlantic wildlife haven, the BBC reports, and researchers are keenly observing what it will do next. "In the last few decades, the many icebergs that end up taking this route ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Antarctic iceberg A-23A (at left) stuck in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia ...