Icebergs are reported in the Scotia Sea off Antarctica at multiple positions, including A81, D33B and A76C; the warning cancels at 251421Z September 26.
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1890/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-24 15:00Z
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 2026-09-24 14:21Z. First collected 2026-09-24 16:32Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 23:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -58.565, -46.586. 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
- 2026-09-24 14:21Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-09-25 14:21Z
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -58.565, -46.586
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-24 16:32Z
Original warning text
SCOTIA SEA. SOUTH ATLANTIC. ANTARCTICA. 1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN: A. A81, 56-59.00S 044-28.00W. B. D33B, 59-19.00S 045-27.00W. C. A76C, 54-26.00S 026-28.00W. D. A85, 60-36.00S 052-39.00W. E. 60-48.00S 052-38.00W. F. D32, 57-36.00S 039-00.00W. G. D33C, 61-55.00S 054-33.00W. H. 56-33.00S 045-08.00W. I. 58-31.00S 049-22.00W. J. 57-23.00S 048-26.00W. K. 57-47.00S 047-48.00W. L. 60-54.00S 053-05.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251421Z SEP 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
1047 within 180 nm since 1999 · 18 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 at: a. A76C, 54-29.00S 026-24.00W2026-09-22
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 57-46.00S 045-52.00W2026-09-17
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 57-41.00S 046-00.00W2026-09-16
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 57-24.00S 046-16.00W2026-09-14
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 57-22.00S 047-14.00W2026-09-10
- Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 57-33.00S 047-29.00W2026-09-09
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
1 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:43Z; 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.