It covers 3,500 km², two times the size of Greater London A23a, world’s largest iceberg 100 km 82 km Iceberg A23a South Pole Atlantic ocean South Georgia The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above.

The world’s largest iceberg is heading towards a remote British island and could threaten millions of penguins and seals that live there. The huge iceberg A23a measures almost 1,500 square miles, roughly twice the size of Greater London,

The colossal iceberg A23a, towering at 40 meters and spanning an area greater than the Australian Capital Territory, is now advancing towards South Georgia Island, a remote British territory near Antarctica.