A23a - Wikipedia
A23a is a large tabular iceberg which calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986. It was stuck on the sea bed for many years but then started moving in 2020. As of January 2025, its area is about 3,500 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi), which …
GOES East Tracking A23a – The World’s Largest Iceberg
Jan 24, 2025 · According to the U.S. National Ice Center—the global entity that names, tracks and documents Antarctic icebergs that meet specific size criteria—Iceberg A23a was 1062.22 nautical miles in area as of Jan. 16, 2025, an area roughly the size of Rhode Island.
A23a: Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in the ...
Jan 23, 2025 · Spanning an area of 3,672 square kilometers (1,418 square miles) when measured in August — slightly smaller than Rhode Island and more than twice the size of London — the A23a iceberg has been...
World’s biggest iceberg, A23a, is on the move again | CNN
Dec 16, 2024 · A23a has held the “largest current iceberg” title several times since the 1980s, occasionally being surpassed by larger but shorter-lived icebergs, including A68 in 2017 and A76 in 2021.
Largest iceberg in the world, 40 miles wide, is now heading into …
Dec 1, 2023 · The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is moving into the open waters near Antarctica after being essentially stuck in place for decades. It's seen here in satellite imagery from Nov. 15.
The previously stuck A23a iceberg is trapped again, spinning in a …
Aug 10, 2024 · The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is stuck again. For more than 30 years, the giant frozen block — equivalent to the size of Rhode Island — was grounded on the sea floor in Antarctic coastal...
The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with vital …
Jan 29, 2025 · An enormous iceberg known as A23a is heading towards South Georgia: a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean, filled with seals and penguins. The trillion-ton megaberg was stuck in the ocean ...
A23a: Spectacular arches, caves as monster iceberg decays - BBC
Jan 16, 2024 · Erosion is sculpting dramatic features in the world's biggest iceberg in what's likely to be the final months of its existence. A ship run by the Eyos expeditions company arrived at the frozen...
A23a iceberg moving north again after being trapped in vortex
Dec 14, 2024 · It is thought A23a will eventually leave the Southern Ocean and enter the Atlantic Ocean where it will encounter warmer waters and likely break up into smaller icebergs and eventually melt. Dr...
A23a: Tracking the world's biggest iceberg in Antarctica - BBC
The A23a iceberg - more than twice the size of Greater London - is on the move, travelling along what is known as "iceberg alley" towards South Georgia.
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