The world's largest iceberg, A23a, has officially melted away in the South Atlantic after an epic 40-year journey.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the U.S. National Ice Center, the world's largest iceberg, named A23a, has broken up. As of August 2025, iceberg A23f ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view of iceberg A23a in the South Atlantic Ocean near South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on November 24, 2024.

The world's largest and most enduring iceberg is splintering into smaller pieces, to the point that it's no longer the biggest chunk of ice floating in the oceans. The shrinking megaberg, known as ...

Forty years after breaking away from Antarctica, the frozen colossus known as A23a died as it lived: drifting around the bottom of the globe, fascinating ardent observers, and offering scientists ...

The end came in March 2026, when the United States National Ice Center reported that A23a had become too small to continue ...

This megaberg is the size of Rhode Island and weighs a trillion tons. It could ground to a halt near South Georgia, a critical wildlife haven. A drone image shows A23a floating in the southern ocean.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The largest iceberg in the world has split off into thousands of ...

Nothing would remain but water. That is the way of ice. Fresh water poured into salt water, and each absorbed the other. Some observers thought they saw a bluer tinge in the ocean round about. In its ...

Megaberg A23a might be on the verge of running into South Georgia and surrounding islands in the South Atlantic. The result could spell trouble for wildlife on those islands, and A23a's movement is a ...

March 4 (UPI) --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 ...