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 Ice Center. A collision with these islands could be catastrophic for the large colonies of penguins, seals, and other wildlife that live there.

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World's largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting towards the British island of South Georgia. A23a has been monitored for 30 years, since it first calved from Filchner ice shelf in Antarctica.

It’s also a natural process happening more frequently because of human-caused climate change, said British Antarctic Survey physical oceanographer Andrew Meijers, who examined the iceberg up close in December 2023 when it drifted past the research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough.

The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards the island of South Georgia.

The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting northward from Antarctica, potentially threatening South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic. The massive iceberg, spanning 3,672 square kilometres (1,418 square miles), has raised fears of ecological disruption and risks to shipping routes.

If it gets stuck near South Georgia Island, that could make it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young could starve.

A wall of ice the size of Rhode Island is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.

"It is presently in a meander of the current and not moving directly towards the island ... for the government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the iceberg can also cause issues ...

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