A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice chunks around the Antarctic island of South Georgia.

Newly released satellite footage shows the world’s largest iceberg running aground near a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean last month. Slightly smaller than Rhode Island, A23a ...

The world's largest and oldest iceberg — A23a — finally ground to a halt last week. A23a had been floating across the Southern Ocean for five years before it ran aground near the Island of ...

The world's largest iceberg, roughly four times the size of New York City, has run aground after crashing into a remote island.

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 ...

The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground off the island of South Georgia.

Animated map showing the trajectory of the iceberg A23a, the world's largest, off the coast of South Georgia Island, from January 23 to February 28 VIDEOGRAPHIC ...

The iceberg cometh The spinning iceberg is approximately 1,500 square miles in size and located about 173 miles from the islands. If A23a grounds and wedges in the waters close to the islands, it ...

What Happens Next A23a's collision with South Georgia is not guaranteed, but the iceberg's trajectory suggests it could soon loom on the island's horizon.

About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open Antarctic waters.