Icebergs

Icebergs reported on 141700Z oct in: a. 80-29.7N 046-50.5E

Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 240/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-10-18 19:16Z

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 131/20 151733Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-15 19:16Z. 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 parsed report position is 80.019, 48.745. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Barentsz Sea →

issued: 2020-10-15 19:16Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2020-10-18 19:16Z
authority: NAVAREA XX 131/20 151733Z OCT 20.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Barentsz Sea
position: 80.019, 48.745
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 ON 141700Z OCT IN:
   A. 80-29.7N 046-50.5E.
   B. 80-29.0N 046-40.6E.
   C. 79-59.3N 048-12.5E.
   D. 80-01.6N 048-34.3E.
   E. 80-00.5N 048-38.1E.
   F. 79-52.5N 049-05.8E.
   G. 79-59.5N 048-53.0E.
   H. 79-52.7N 049-21.2E.
   I. 79-46.9N 049-06.6E.
   J. 79-55.1N 049-22.4E.
   K. 79-57.6N 049-56.6E.
   L. 79-49.5N 050-15.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181916Z OCT 20.

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.
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.

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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.

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 2026-10-02 05:52Z; 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.