‘Queen of icebergs’ on crash course with British island threatening millions of animals
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA giant iceberg has broken away from Antarctica and is hurtling towards a remote British island. The world's largest iceberg, known as Iceberg A23a, is large enough to be seen in space and is fast approaching South Georgia, a British territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.
The island is a wildlife haven, but a collision could be catastrophic for the millions of penguins, seals and other colonies that live there.
Experts have nicknamed the megaberg the “queen of icebergs,” which has a surface area of 1,967 kilometres (1,222 miles). Its sides extend up to 400m (1,312ft) – taller than the Shard in London.
It is one of the world’s oldest icebergs, separating from Antarctica in 1986. It then became stuck on the sea floor and trapped in a whirlpool before breaking away in December last year.
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