Icebergs

Icebergs were reported in the Scotia Sea, South Atlantic, South Pacific and Antarctica at four locations, with this message cancelled on 26 September.

Southern Ocean · HYDROLANT 1894/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-25 05:59Z. First collected 2026-09-25 18:17Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 21:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Southern Ocean. The parsed report position is -64.528, -65.445. 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 Southern Ocean →

issued: 2026-09-25 05:59Z
status: Listed in force
self-cancels: 2026-09-26 05:59Z
sea: Southern Ocean
position: -64.528, -65.445
nearest port: Ushuaia · 590 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-25 18:17Z

Original warning text

SCOTIA SEA.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
SOUTH PACIFIC.
ANTARCTICA.
1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN:
   A. A84, 70-49.20S 099-05.40W.
   B. A85, 61-25.80S 053-19.80W.
   C. D33A, 64-01.80S 055-39.00W.
   D. D33C, 61-49.80S 053-42.60W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260559Z 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.

All warning terms →

Ice services

International Ice Patrol charts & bulletins · U.S. National Ice Center

Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · iceberg & sea-ice bulletins

56 within 180 nm since 2010 · 20 in the last 12 months · 2 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. A84, 70-49.20S 099-05.40W2026-09-24
Icebergs reported in: a. A84, 70-49.20S 099-05.40W2026-09-23
Icebergs reported in: a. A84, 71-11.40S 101-39.00W2026-09-17
Icebergs reported in: a. A84, 71-11.40S 101-39.00W2026-09-16
Icebergs reported in: a. A84, 71-11.40S 101-39.00W2026-09-14
Icebergs reported in: a. A84, 71-25.80S 101-35.40W2026-09-11

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

Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 62-24.00S 054-12.00WIcebergs · 73.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:45Z; 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.