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T he largest and oldest iceberg in the world, named A23a, is on the move again after being stuck in a votex for months near the South Orkney Islands. It is now drifting in the Southern Ocean.
However, A23a may not hold its size title for long, because as of May 16, it is only around 12 square miles (31 square km) larger than the next-biggest iceberg, D15A, according to the U.S ...
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, A23a, has grounded 73 kilometers off South Georgia Island, alleviating concerns about a potential collision that could have disrupted the local wildlife's food supply.
The iceberg, dubbed A23a, is caught in the churn of a powerful ocean current and revolving slowly, at a rate of around 15 degrees per day, according to the British Antarctic Survey, which shared ...
The iceberg in question is A-23A, sometimes called A23a. It is the world’s oldest and largest — about the size of Rhode Island — and weighs nearly 1 trillion tons.
For more than 30 years, the world’s largest iceberg was stuck in the Antarctic. Five times the size of New York City’s land area and more than 1,000 feet deep, the mammoth piece of ice finally ...
The iceberg, called A23a, was previously “trapped” spinning around an undersea mountain for several months, according to Andrew Meijers, a physical oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey.
The A23a iceberg is twice the size of Greater London, 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 ...
World's largest iceberg on the move after dislodging from ocean floor 04:09. The world's biggest iceberg — three time the size of New York City — could drift toward a remote island where a ...
The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again, drifting through the Southern Ocean after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said.
A23a megaberg: Game of Thrones style ice wall on course to hit British island. The world’s largest iceberg, stretching from horizon to horizon, is on course to hit South Georgia Island ...