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.

The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents.

The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, is heading north from Antarctica toward South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. In the past, giant icebergs grounding near South Georgia have caused devastating consequences,