It measures 400 meters, longer than the Empire State Building in New York, and occupies an area of about 4,000 square kilometers.
The largest iceberg in the world, A23a, is moving again after spending nearly 40 years stranded on the seabed, according to the BBC. A large block of ice separated from Antarctica in 1986 and until now remains anchored and not moving in the area Weddell Sea as if it were an island of ice.
This iceberg is the largest in the world because of its extraordinary dimensions. The size is 400 meters, more than that imperial state New York’s area is 380. It’s also about 4,000 square kilometers, half the size of the province Barcelona.
A23a was created after a major tear in Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. At that time, a Soviet scientific base was located on its surface, i.e Druzhnaya 1which was dismantled.
Already in 2020, small movements began to be detected suggesting that dislodging of the iceberg was imminent. Now, scientists have confirmed that the huge chunk of ice is free and is heading in the direction mentioned ‘iceberg tunnel’.
This path, where most of the icebergs in the Weddell Sea end up when pushed by Running the Antarctic Circle, flows into the South Atlantic Ocean. Although most likely, according to experts, the ship will run aground again in the surrounding area South Georgia Islandsan archipelago of the group called the South Antilles, which is administered by the United Kingdom.
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