It's the size of South Georgia! (And approaching there fast.) https://twitter.com/tom_bike/status/1314401043372007425
This is South Georgia.

https://twitter.com/katganly/status/1314907954290872325?s=20
Another view (same radarsat image, 9 October).
https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser/?zoom=6&lat=-55.99224&lng=-53.76709&themeId=DEFAULT-THEME&datasetId=S1_AWS_EW_HH&fromTime=2020-10-09T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&toTime=2020-10-09T23%3A59%3A59.999Z&layerId=EW-SH-HH-DECIBEL-GAMMA0&visualizationUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fservices.sentinel-hub.com%2Fogc%2Fwms%2F7bced141-c885-491f-9928-8e73e6c6ab63
One or two cracks, but looks pretty solid. Scale bar bottom right.
The sat operators don't process much in the way of visible pics from thereabouts. This is Sentinel-3 medium-res, 8 October:
And Terra/MODIS, 9 October (flipped to north-up, scale bars top left):

https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-3162831.8031121334,2542383.709171017,-1731186.7365137981,3278711.575455317&r=-133.769&p=antarctic&t=2020-10-09-T22%3A00%3A00Z&l=OrbitTracks_Terra_Descending(hidden),Reference_Labels,Reference_Features,Coastlines,VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Aqua_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor
Track. If this thing happens to land up against the west coast of South Georgia, will be one spectacular marine events. https://twitter.com/lujan291069/status/1296076457773617159?s=20
Closer. (Actually no; that's the same image as above, from August.) https://theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/04/giant-antarctic-iceberg-on-collision-course-with-british-territory-of-south-georgia
Giant Antarctic iceberg on collision course with British territory of South Georgia

Fears the 150km long A-68A iceberg, which broke away from Larsen C ice shelf in 2017, could disrupt wildlife and shipping routes

https://theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/04/giant-antarctic-iceberg-on-collision-course-with-british-territory-of-south-georgia
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