The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course for the island of South Georgia, raising concerns for the British ...

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is on a collision course with South Georgia Island, raising alarms for local wildlife.

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting the area.

The iceberg in question is A-23A, sometimes called A23a. It is the world’s oldest ... The ice slab is meandering and moving parallel to South Georgia Island, oceanographer Andrew Meijers said.

A23a, arguably the world’s largest and oldest iceberg which has been wandering through the South Atlantic and headed for the British Overseas Territory of the South Georgia Islands since last ...

Scientists are monitoring A23a closely, anticipating two possible scenarios: the iceberg could collide with South Georgia and become lodged, or ocean currents might divert it around the island.

The slab of ice — named A23a — weighs almost one trillion tonnes and could slam into South Georgia Island. Researchers say in the next two to four weeks, the iceberg could be wedged in the ...

Iceberg A23a (bottom left) and South Georgia Island (top right) as seen by Aqua's MODIS image on January 15, 2025. Credit: NASA. Most people picture icebergs like big floating boulders in the ocean.

The world’s largest iceberg is heading towards a remote British island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean and could threaten millions of penguins and seals that live there. The huge iceberg ...

The world’s largest iceberg called A23a reportedly is on the move ... up and eventually melt when it reached the remote island of South Georgia. However, the recent satellite images showed ...

A23a has followed roughly the same ... said he was confident the iceberg would sidestep South Georgia. "The island acts as an obstacle for ocean currents and therefore usually diverts the water ...