Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of south georgia island, a common rendezvous spot for large icebergs, new satellite images show.
Measuring 1,240 Square Miles (3,460 Square Kilometers), the Antarctic iceberg a-23a Has come to a grinding halt after a long and winding journey across the scotia sea, also know as “iceberg alley.”
Satellite images taken at the beginning of March show the iCeberg parked on a shallow underwater shelf off the coast of the coast of south georgia island, which is a british overesas territory in the south aTLANTIC OCENTIC OCENTIC OCE Larget of nine islands that make up the south georgia and south sandwich islands.
Another view from the modis instrument, showing the location of a-23a on the shoreline of south georgia island. A Oceanographic data Center's General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (Gebco) and the British Antarctic Survey)
The new images of a-23a was taken by the modis Nasa's aqua satelliteEarlier observations sugges the iceberg's Northward Drift Slowed Suddenly in Late FEBRUARY, According to a statement from Nasa's Earth observatorry.
