World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Remote British Island

World’s biggest iceberg runs aground, comes to standstill off remote island - National

A23a calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986 and remained grounded on the seabed in the Weddell Sea for over 30 years.

Largest iceberg in the world runs aground

The largest iceberg in the world has run aground in the South Atlantic Ocean. The enormous wall of ice, known as A23a, was on a collision course with South Georgia Island. The island is mostly uninhabited by humans but is home to millions of seals and penguins. — Read the rest The post Largest iceberg in the world runs aground appeared first on Boing Boing.

World's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground near remote British island

The world's largest iceberg appears to have run aground off the coast of a remote British island home to millions of penguins and seals — potentially threatening local wildlife, but also providing an opportunity for research into such rare "megabergs."

World's Largest Iceberg, Weighing Nearly 1 Trillion Tons, Runs Aground Near Sub-Antarctic Island

The A23a iceberg is twice the size of Greater London, and slightly smaller than the State of Rhode IslandIAN STRACHAN/EYOS Expeditions/AFP via Getty The A23a iceberg before it ran aground in March 2025.The world’s largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean, according to British researchers.The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) announced on Tuesday, March 4 that the A23a iceberg is currently grounded on th…

The largest iceberg in the world has been heading for South Georgia since 2022. It measures 3,300 km2, as the size of the Upper Rhine department and weighs nearly a thousand billion tonnes. It is particularly monitored. Three days ago, it came to rest more than 70 km from this British island rich in wildlife. But this colossus is starting to collapse and huge pieces are escaping. (Environment). TF1 INFO

World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground - Videos from The Weather Channel

A trillion-ton slab of ice broke off Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. Officially catalogued as iceberg A23a, it was stuck at sea for decades. Then it started moving again. Satellite tracking showed it nearing the island of South Georgia in January. And then it stopped. Scientists say such large icebergs are rare. This one, the size of Rhode Island, could stay stuck again until it starts to break apart. - Videos from The Weather Channel