Icebergs

Icebergs adrift in: a. 45-13.32S 031-32.27W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 101/05

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2005-01-21 00:00Z

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 VI 141400Z JAN 05.. Issued 2005-01-14 14:23Z. 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: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -45.175, -31.170. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2005-01-14 14:23Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VI 141400Z JAN 05.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -45.175, -31.170
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ICEBERGS ADRIFT IN:
   A. 45-13.32S 031-32.27W.
   B. 45-07.70S 030-48.12W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 JAN.

Reading this warning

Icebergs and ice limits: Icebergs, smaller pieces of glacier ice and the published limit of known ice.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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

15 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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: a. B16 56-38S 030-47W2019-10-26
Icebergs reported in: a. 41-34S 029-42W2019-08-26
Icebergs reported in: a. 41-47S 029-53W2019-08-24
Icebergs reported in: a. 41-59S 030-11W2019-08-23
Icebergs reported in: a. 42-35S 030-47W2019-08-23
Icebergs reported in: a. 42-35S 030-47W2019-08-21

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 14:21Z; 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.