Icebergs reported in Scotia Sea and South Shetland Islands at several positions; warning cancels 151314Z August 26.
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1574/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-21 15:40Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-14 13:14Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-23 11:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -59.781, -49.644. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 1574/26 · this notice2026-08-14 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROLANT 1617/262026-08-19 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROLANT 1629/262026-08-20 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROLANT 1640/262026-08-21 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROLANT 1661/262026-08-24 · Cancelled notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2026-08-14 13:14Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-15 13:14Z
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -59.781, -49.644
- nearest port
- Fox Bay · 585 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
SCOTIA SEA. SOUTH ATLANTIC. SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. 1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN: A. A76C, 52-43.00S 030-40.00W. B. A81, 59-09.00S 051-10.00W. C. A83, 61-04.00S 050-49.00W. D. D33B, 60-28.00S 052-23.00W. E. D33C, 61-32.00S 054-10.00W. F. 60-30.00 S 051-23.00 W. G. 61-28.00 S 053-33.00 W. H. 61-21.00 S 053-01.00 W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 151314Z AUG 26.
Reading this warning
- Icebergs and ice limits
- Icebergs, smaller pieces of glacier ice and the published limit of known ice.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · iceberg & sea-ice bulletins
1029 within 180 nm since 1999 · 21 in the last 12 months · 1 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. A81, 55-45.00S 042-16.00W2026-09-30
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 55-57.00S 042-54.00W2026-09-29
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 56-07.00S 043-14.00W2026-09-28
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 56-20.00S 043-37.00W2026-09-27
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 56-46.00S 044-03.00W2026-09-25
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 56-59.00S 044-28.00W2026-09-24
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 2026-10-01 00:36Z; 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.