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Icebergs cover a huge spectrum of sizes, from the tiny “growlers” (less than 3 ft tall and 15 ft across, or smaller than the U.S. Coast Guard definition above) and “bergy bits” (up to the ...

The iceberg A23a has run aground in the shallow waters off of South Georgia, a remote British territory in the Southern Atlantic, researchers say.

The world's biggest iceberg is drifting toward a tiny south Atlantic island, potentially affecting the wildlife there, including seals and penguins.

Icebergs or pieces of floating ice smaller than 16 feet above the sea surface are classified as 'bergy bits', while those smaller than 3 feet are 'growlers'.

No-one knows for sure, but the berg might even be there for years, defending its title as the world’s biggest and resisting its eventual break-up into bergy bits and growlers.

However, since there are more ships venturing into polar waters these days, the risk of collision from vessels striking the larger number of growlers or bergy bits out there also increases.

The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground off the island of South Georgia.

Every day, large chunks are falling off into the sea. A23a is surrounding itself with an armada of off-cuts - of football-pitch-sized "bergy bits" and lorry-sized "growlers".

These bears hunt on the fresh glacial ice that has more peaks and valleys than the flatter sea ice, often in house- or car-sized bergs, called bergy bits, Moon said.

In 1995 Midday food columnist Kitty Drake demonstrated her use for bergy bits, using the iceberg by-product to make a sweet and creamy treat on Newfoundland's shore.