Icebergs reported at 140600Z aug in area bound by 79-47.20N 047-27.80E, 79-39.60N 048-27.70E, 79-48.50N…
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 205/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-08-18 20:28Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XX 132/22 151943Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-15 20:30Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Barentsz Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2022-08-15 20:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-08-18 20:28Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 132/22 151943Z AUG 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 79.771, 49.304
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BARENTS SEA. RUSSIA. DNC 22. 1. ICEBERGS REPORTED AT 140600Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 79-47.20N 047-27.80E, 79-39.60N 048-27.70E, 79-48.50N 051-09.40E, 79-51.80N 051-19.90E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 182028Z AUG 22.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Icebergs and ice limits
- Icebergs, smaller pieces of glacier ice and the published limit of known ice.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · iceberg & sea-ice bulletins
7 within 180 nm since 2020 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Icebergs reported in area bound by 81-36.00N 044-42.00E, 81-36.00N 042-42.00E, 81-48.00N 040-00.00E,…2022-09-09
- Iceberg reported in vicinity 79-00.00N 054-42.00E at 080700Z sep2022-09-09
- Iceberg reported in vicinity 79-13.1N 038-19.3E on 132100Z sep2021-09-14
- Icebergs reported in 80-48N 062-18E at 091256Z sep2021-09-09
- Icebergs reported at 160300Z aug in: a. 79-18.4N 046-00.6E2021-08-17
- Icebergs reported on 141700Z oct in: a. 80-29.7N 046-50.5E2020-10-15
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 15:42Z; source collection times vary.
Icebergs
Iceberg limits and reported bergs — mostly the North American Ice Service (International Ice Patrol) bulletins in the North Atlantic. All current iceberg & sea-ice bulletins →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.