New one is the size of a small city; the main iceberg is the size of a state
The world’s largest iceberg named A-68a is a giant hunk of ice, looking like a moving island. It has cliffs in it rising to the height of around 30 metres above the sea level. It measures 5100 sq.kms.
Recently this huge iceberg, due to strong currents, has started moving and colliding with South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. According to the European Space Agency, it is fractured now and broken into two. The further path of the iceberg is still unknown.
The smaller piece broken now is likely to be named as A-68d. If A-68a iceberg remains in the offshore for longer time it would block the nearby waters where the penguins that live on the island feed. So researchers are watching it daily.
Image credits: European Space Agency