Satellite Image Shows A23a Iceberg Nearing Complete Disintegration in South Atlantic
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Summary
The article discusses the A23a iceberg, once the world's largest iceberg, which calved from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in West Antarctica in 1986. Measuring around 4000 sq km (more than three times the size of Rome), it was grounded on the ocean floor for decades before breaking free in 2020. A Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image shows the iceberg in the South Atlantic Ocean with unusual cloud-free conditions, revealing the first signs that it will soon disintegrate completely.
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· 5 pulledThis Copernicus Sentinel-2 image over the South Atlantic Ocean features a close-up view of the A23a iceberg, once the world's largest.
The unusually cloud-free image shows the first signs that the iceberg will soon disintegrate completely.
A23a calved from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in West Antarctica in 1986.
At the time it measured around 4000 sq km – more than three times the size of Rome – making it the largest iceberg in the world.
After being grounded on the ocean floor for decades, in 2020 it lost its grip and began floating.
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