A23a is currently the world’s largest iceberg. It was stuck in the Weddell Sea for many years before slowly beginning to move out towards open ocean in the Southern Ocean.
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The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, breaks free from Weddell Sea and traverses parts of the Southern Ocean over the course of a year.
Timespan Start: 2023/11/03 19:24 - 2024/11/29 19:43
Winter sets in for iceberg A23a as Antarctic ice creeps northward and encloses the Rhode Island sized berg.
Timespan Start: 2024/05/01 04:44 - 2024/06/30 07:45
The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, is on the move in the Southern Ocean. This chunk of ice larger than the state of Rhode Island passed to the north of the Orkney Islands as the month of March progressed.
Timespan Start: 2024/03/01 02:31 - 2024/03/31 18:43
Iceberg A23a spent the month of February drifting around in the Weddell Sea between the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
Timespan Start: 2024/02/01 02:49 - 2024/02/29 19:13
NOAA-20 catches a clear view of iceberg A23a.
Timespan Start: 2024/02/14 18:23 - 2024/02/15 18:23
A high resolution view of A23a, captured by NOAA-21.
Timespan Start: 2023/12/07 19:09 - 2023/12/07 19:09
Say hello to iceberg A23a, the largest iceberg in the world. This extraordinary month-long time lapse captures its journey from the Weddell Sea into open ocean waters.
Timespan Start: 2023/11/01 03:18 - 2023/11/30 19:41
