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Iceberg traveling

The iceberg known as A23a is moving comparatively quickly away from Antarctic waters, satellite images show. photo

© contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2023), processed by ESA/dpa

It is more than four times as big as Berlin and is moving towards the Atlantic: the world’s largest iceberg is drifting out of the Southern Ocean – at a remarkable pace.

The currently largest Iceberg worldwide is moving away from Antarctic waters comparatively quickly. This was announced by the European space agency Esa, citing satellite images. The colossus with the name A23a broke off from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986, but remained stuck on the seabed for a long time. It had loosened up by 2020, but is only now starting to gain momentum, driven by winds and currents.

A23a is around 4,000 square kilometers in size, i.e. around 4.5 times the size of Berlin. Like most icebergs from the so-called Weddell sector, it will probably end up in the South Atlantic, according to ESA.

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