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World's Largest Iceberg Runs Aground Off South Georgia

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World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off South Georgia

The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean near Antarctica since 2020.

World's largest iceberg — on collision course with remote penguin island — runs aground

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

World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island

A23a weighs nearly a trillion metric tons, making it the world’s largest active iceberg. It calved from Antarctica in 1986, making it the world’s oldest berg. And now, after drifting for half a decade, A23a has grounded itself about 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of South Georgia.

A23a iceberg poses no threat to South Georgia, for now

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, has grounded 73 kilometers off South Georgia Island, alleviating concerns about a ...

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The gift of an iceberg to the ocean

The iceberg also, in some respects, serves as an icy gift to the ocean." “ (The ice) isn’t just water like we drink. It’s ...

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