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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. [2] [3] [4]
The colossal iceberg known as A23a has been slowly spinning in one spot of the Southern Ocean since April. Here’s what experts have to say on the phenomenon. The world’s largest iceberg is ...
The iceberg, known as A23a, split from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. But it became stuck to the ocean floor and had remained for many years in the Weddell Sea .
The iceberg, known as A23a, split from the Antarctic's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. ... The iceberg is about three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London ...
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]
Iceberg B-15A drifting toward the Drygalski Ice Tongue prior to the collision, 2 January 2005 [1] [2] A-38: 6,900 144 48 1998 The split of the A38-B iceberg is recorded in this series of images. The iceberg was originally part of the massive A-38 iceberg, which broke from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica [3] B-15A: 6,400 2002
The world's largest iceberg is on the move after spinning for months in a Taylor Column.
In May 2021, Iceberg A-76 broke off the northwest corner of the shelf. At 4320 km 2, [4] it is larger than Majorca, several times larger than Iceberg A-74 which calved in the same year, or approximately 14% the size of Belgium. The ice of the Filchner–Ronne ice shelf can be as thick as 600 m; the water below is about 1400 m deep at the ...