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World's largest iceberg, A23a, grounded on British island

The oldest and largest iceberg on Earth landed on a sub-Antarctic island belonging to Britain Tuesday. According to the British Antarctic Survey research organization, the mass known as A23a has stopped drifting and run aground on South Georgia,

World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island

A23a weighs nearly a trillion metric tons, making it the world’s largest active iceberg. It calved from Antarctica in 1986, making it the world’s oldest berg. And now, after drifting for half a decade, A23a has grounded itself about 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of South Georgia.

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World's largest iceberg — on collision course with remote penguin island — runs aground

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

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The gift of an iceberg to the ocean

Scientists believe that the melting of the iceberg could cause an "explosion of life" in the surrounding ocean waters.

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Relieving news of world's largest iceberg to collide

The world's largest iceberg that appeared to be on a collision course with the island of South Georgia has come to a ...

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