Icebergs

Icebergs reported on 02 sep: a. A-38A, 22 miles by 48 miles in 59-12S 044-00W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1674/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-09-10 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 333, 334/03 030200Z SEP 03. Issued 2003-09-03 02:50Z. 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 -56.655, -42.627. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2003-09-03 02:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VI 333, 334/03 030200Z SEP 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-56.655, -42.627
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ICEBERGS REPORTED ON 02 SEP:
   A. A-38A, 22 MILES BY 48 MILES IN 59-12S 044-00W.
   B. A-38B, 22 MILES BY 25 MILES IN 57-48S 045-48W.
   C. A-38C, SEVEN MILES BY 11 MILES IN 54-54S 039-54W.
   D. A-38D, TWO MILES BY TEN MILES IN 58-00S 041-42W.
   E. A-43C, 24 MILES BY 41 MILES IN 57-12S 059-48W.
   F. A-43I, TWO MILES BY 12 MILES IN 59-12S 035-48W.
   G. A-46, FOUR MILES BY 11 MILES IN 53-48S 043-54W.
   H. A-47, NINE MILES BY 14 MILES IN 52-18S 047-36W.
   I. A-48, NINE MILES BY TEN MILES IN 59-24S 043-24W.
   J. A-50, ONE MILE BY TEN MILES IN 59-00S 050-30W.
   K. B-09A, 15 MILES BY 22 MILES IN 52-24S 016-30W.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1669/03.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 10 SEP.

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
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

1095 within 180 nm since 1999 · 7 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:34Z; source collection times vary.

Icebergs

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