This massive landslide has broken a piece of 80 square kilometers
Avalanche A23a, larger than the area of major cities in the world, has started to break up.
The latest satellite images show that a large part of the world’s largest iceberg has broken off as it moves northward in the South Atlantic.
The broken area is about 80 sq.km, while 3,360 sq.km of debris remains.
According to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) oceanographer Andrew Major, this is the first clear bump from the iceberg to be revealed. However, it is hard to say whether it will break down now or stay that way for long.
This iceberg weighs about 10 trillion tons and is traveling northward towards South Georgia (an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean) at a speed of 48 kilometers per hour.
Experts worry that once it reaches South Korea, it could wipe out wildlife such as penguins and seals.
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