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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 makes it the current largest iceberg in the world.
A massive iceberg, known as A23a, is on an apparent collision course with South Georgia Island, a British territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The giant sheet of ice, which originally broke off ...
The world's largest iceberg, named A23a, is seen in Antarctica on Jan. 14, 2024, in this picture obtained from social media. ... who are well aware of the dangers bergs pose − and the location ...
A satellite image of the A23a iceberg seen in Antarctica in November 2023. - European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-3/Reuters. Then, the iceberg was carried away by ocean currents before it became ...
In 1986, satellite images revealed ice breakup near Druzhnaya I. It drifted to sea in 1986 when the ice it was on broke from the main ice shelf as iceberg A23a. [5] It was later discovered at sea by the ship Kapitan Kondratyev. Its equipment and prefabricated structures were airlifted to Druzhnaya III shortly after its construction. [6]
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The iceberg, named A23a, is about 400 meters (1,312 feet) thick, and almost 4,000 square kilometers (1,544 square miles) in area. Greater London, by way of comparison, is 1,572 square kilometers ...
The iceberg is about three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London World’s largest iceberg on the move again after months spinning on the spot Skip to main ...