Southern Ocean

IHO sea area 67 · -180° to 180° E, -86° to -60° N

in force
2
last 12 months
40
archive messages
3,461
categories
13

What the archive shows

3,461 messages are recorded since 1989-01-28 for the Southern Ocean. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.

Icebergs accounts for 3,013 of 3,461 recorded messages (87%), the largest category group in this selection.

The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.

In force now · 2

  1. HYDROLANT 1959/26 · Icebergs2026-10-02
    Icebergs are reported in Scotia Sea, South Atlantic, South Pacific, and Antarctica at A84, A85, D33A and D33C; the warning cancels 03 October 2026 0413.
  2. HYDROLANT 1279/26 · Icebergs2026-06-30
    Icebergs are reported in South Atlantic, South Pacific, and Antarctica at positions A81, A84, A85, D33A, D33C; cancel message 011327Z July 26.

Longest in force

  1. HYDROLANT 1279/26 · Icebergs2026-06-30
    Icebergs are reported in South Atlantic, South Pacific, and Antarctica at positions A81, A84, A85, D33A, D33C; cancel message 011327Z July 26.
  2. HYDROLANT 1959/26 · Icebergs2026-10-02
    Icebergs are reported in Scotia Sea, South Atlantic, South Pacific, and Antarctica at A84, A85, D33A and D33C; the warning cancels 03 October 2026 0413.

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By category · available archive

Icebergs3,01387%
Quakes2427%
Incidents682%
Surveys421%
Missiles391%
Nav aids241%
Wrecks120%
Other100%
Derelicts40%
Spills30%
Exercises20%
Debris10%
Containers10%

Archive · 3,454 cancelled

  1. HYDROLANT 880/24 · Icebergs2024-04-25 → 2024-04-26
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-18.60S 044-46.20W
  2. HYDROLANT 875/24 · Icebergs2024-04-24 → 2024-04-25
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-18.60S 044-46.20W
  3. HYDROLANT 863/24 · Icebergs2024-04-23 → 2024-04-24
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-18.60S 044-46.20W
  4. HYDROLANT 856/24 · Icebergs2024-04-22 → 2024-04-22
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-18.60S 044-46.20W
  5. HYDROLANT 849/24 · Icebergs2024-04-21 → 2024-04-22
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-18.60S 044-46.20W
  6. HYDROLANT 843/24 · Icebergs2024-04-20 → 2024-04-21
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-06.00S 045-07.80W
  7. HYDROLANT 837/24 · Icebergs2024-04-19 → 2024-04-20
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-06.00S 045-07.80W
  8. HYDROLANT 831/24 · Icebergs2024-04-18 → 2024-04-19
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-06.00S 045-07.80W
  9. HYDROLANT 818/24 · Icebergs2024-04-17 → 2024-04-18
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-06.00S 045-07.80W
  10. HYDROLANT 805/24 · Icebergs2024-04-16 → 2024-04-17
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-06.00S 045-07.80W
  11. HYDROLANT 798/24 · Icebergs2024-04-15 → 2024-04-16
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-06.00S 045-07.80W
  12. HYDROLANT 791/24 · Icebergs2024-04-14 → 2024-04-15
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-06.00S 045-07.80W
  13. HYDROLANT 785/24 · Icebergs2024-04-13 → 2024-04-14
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 58-53.40S 044-47.40W
  14. HYDROLANT 774/24 · Icebergs2024-04-12 → 2024-04-13
    Icebergs reports in: a. A23A, 58-53.40S 044-47.40W
  15. HYDROLANT 762/24 · Icebergs2024-04-11 → 2024-04-12
    Icebergs reports in: a. A23A, 58-53.40S 044-47.40W
  16. HYDROLANT 753/24 · Icebergs2024-04-10 → 2024-04-11
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 58-53.40S 044-47.40W
  17. HYDROLANT 747/24 · Icebergs2024-04-09 → 2024-04-10
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 58-53.40S 044-47.40W
  18. HYDROLANT 738/24 · Icebergs2024-04-08 → 2024-04-09
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 58-53.40S 044-47.40W
  19. HYDROLANT 732/24 · Icebergs2024-04-07 → 2024-04-08
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 58-53.40S 044-47.40W
  20. HYDROLANT 725/24 · Icebergs2024-04-06 → 2024-04-07
    Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-39.00S 045-22.20W

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.