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

Currently, the gigantic iceberg A23a is moving toward the South Atlantic Ocean and will strike South Georgia Island in two to ...

Environmentalists fear for the island's rare king penguins and millions of elephant and fur seals if iceberg collides.

The iceberg cometh. The spinning iceberg is approximately 1,500 square miles in size and located about 173 miles from the ...

Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg ...

According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the 3,600 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a broke ... adrift in the South Atlantic, probably towards South Georgia Island.

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.

A23a, the world’s largest iceberg, broke loose from Antarctica; now it’s spiraling towards South Georgia Island.

If A23a, an Antarctic iceberg the size of Rhode Island, grounds off South Georgia Island, it will create a hazard for wildlife and ships alike.

A23a has followed roughly the same path as previous ... said he was confident the iceberg would sidestep South Georgia. "The ...

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 ...