Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in the
Jan 23, 2025 · Spanning an area of 3,672 square kilometers (1,418 square miles) when measured in August — slightly smaller than Rhode Island and more than twice the size of London — the A23a iceberg has been...
First Footage of Giant London-Sized Iceberg Reveals Its …
Mar 14, 2023 · Researchers have revealed the first aerial footage of the massive iceberg that broke free from an Antarctic ice shelf in January.
A23a: World's biggest iceberg on the move after 30 years - BBC
Nov 24, 2023 · But it swiftly grounded in the Weddell Sea, becoming, essentially, an ice island. At almost 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles) in area, it's more than twice the size of Greater London. The past year...
Scientists track iceberg the size of London - BBC
Mar 13, 2023 · British scientists are tracking two of the world's biggest icebergs as they drift towards areas where they could affect shipping, fishing and wildlife. These city-sized frozen blocks which have...
A23a: Colossal iceberg stuck spinning in ocean trap - BBC
Aug 3, 2024 · Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world's biggest iceberg. For months now it has been spinning on the spot just north of Antarctica when really it should be racing along with Earth's...
World's Largest Iceberg Breaking Up as Enormous Chunk Falls Off
Feb 3, 2025 · An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be crumbling, scientists told AFP on Friday.. The colossal iceberg – which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes – had largely stayed intact since it started slowly moving north in 2020.
One trillion tonne iceberg breaks free in Southern Ocean
The colossus iceberg, named A23a is twice the size of Greater London. It also weighs a whopping one trillion tonnes. It was calved from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 and remained grounded on the seabed of the Weddell Sea for over 30 …
Tracking A23a - ArcGIS StoryMaps
Welcome to the journey of Iceberg A23a, a colossal piece of ice that broke away from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986. For over three decades, A23a remained anchored in the Weddell Sea, but recent shifts in ocean currents have set it on a significant migration path.
An Iceberg The Size of London Has Broken Free From
Jan 24, 2023 · The iceberg, measuring 1,550 square kilometers (598 square miles), detached from the 150-metre-thick Brunt Ice Shelf a decade after scientists first spotted massive cracks in the shelf. Map shows Chasm-1 has calved a huge iceberg the size of Greater London.
London-sized iceberg breaks off Antarctica - but scientists aren’t ...
Jan 25, 2023 · A vast iceberg equivalent to the size of Greater London has broken off the Antarctic ice shelf. The huge iceberg - which measures more than 1,550 square kilometres - broke away from the 150...