Icebergs

Large iceberg reported in 54-04.3S 062-22.5W at 252310Z jul

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1651/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-08-02 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 282/02 261400Z JUL 02. Issued 2002-07-26 16:15Z. 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 -54.072, -62.375. 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: 2002-07-26 16:15Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VI 282/02 261400Z JUL 02
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -54.072, -62.375
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. LARGE ICEBERG REPORTED IN 54-04.3S 062-22.5W AT 252310Z JUL.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 AUG.

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.
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.
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

8 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

Iceberg reported vicinity 54-46.9S 061-42.4W at 271727Z dec2012-12-28
Two icebergs reported in 55-49.3S 065-23.8W2011-09-10
Icebergs reported on 30 jun: a. 54-14.00S 064-46.00W2009-07-03
Icebergs reported in: a. 56-46.00S 066-57.00W at 23 jun2009-07-01
Icebergs reported in: a. 56-46.00S 066-57.00W at 23 jun2009-07-01
Iceberg, 15 miles by three miles, reported vicinity 54-04.3S 062-22.5W2002-10-19

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

4 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:17Z; 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.