As the island is home to a plethora of biodiverse species, South Georgia’s future was in question as A23a barreled toward it for almost five years.

The iceberg A23a has run aground in the shallow waters off of South Georgia, a remote British territory in the Southern Atlantic, researchers say. Latest U.S.

An infographic titled "A23a iceberg headed toward collision with South Georgia" created in Ankara, Turkiye on January 23, 2025. Omar Zaghloul/Anadolu via Getty Images ...

According to the British Antarctic Survey research organization, the mass known as A23a has stopped drifting and run aground on South Georgia, an unpopulated island that is part of the British ...

Iceberg A-23A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds.

According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the 3,600 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a broke off from Antarctica and was reportedly going adrift in the South Atlantic, probably towards ...

The world’s largest iceberg is heading towards a remote British island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean and could threaten millions of penguins and seals that live there. The huge iceberg ...

As of Jan. 16, the megaberg, known as A23a, is roughly 180 miles (290 kilometers) away from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, according to location coordinates from the U.S. National ...

The iceberg, A23a, broke free from its position north of the South Orkney Islands last month and is now heading towards South Georgia, where it could crash into the island. Researchers tracking ...

Megaberg A23a might be on the verge of running into South Georgia and surrounding islands in the South Atlantic. The result could spell trouble for wildlife on those islands, and A23a's movement ...

A23a - the world’s largest and oldest iceberg - has run aground on the continental shelf near the island of South Georgia, scientists say.. The “megaberg” – which is twice the size of ...