March 4 (UPI) -- The oldest and largest iceberg on Earth landed on a sub-Antarctic island belonging to Britain Tuesday.

The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean near Antarctica since 2020. Weighing nearly a trillion metric tonnes (1.1 trillion tons),

After a leisurely five-year journey, the ginormous iceberg A23a appears to have run aground near the Southern Ocean’s South Georgia Island, according to the British Antarctic Survey. A23a weighs nearly a trillion metric tons,

The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometers from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organization said Tuesday.