Icebergs

Icebergs are reported in the Scotia Sea near the South Shetland Islands at twelve positions, including 56-07.00S 043-14.00W; notice cancels 29 September 2026.

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1926/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-28 16:45Z

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 2026-09-28 14:40Z. First collected 2026-09-28 19:32Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-29 03:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -58.200, -45.703. 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: 2026-09-28 14:40Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-09-29 14:40Z
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -58.200, -45.703
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-28 19:32Z

Original warning text

SCOTIA SEA.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS.
1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN:
   A. A81, 56-07.00S 043-14.00W.
   B. D33B, 58-54.00S 046-42.00W.
   C. A76C, 54-56.00S 025-43.00W.
   D. A85, 60-04.00S 051-30.00W.
   E. D32, 56-50.00S 038-20.00W.
   F. D33C, 61-49.00S 053-51.00W.
   G. 60-14.00S 051-41.00W.
   H. 56-13.00S 043-52.00W.
   I. 59-04.00S 047-39.00W.
   J. 56-43.00S 047-53.00W.
   K. 57-16.00S 046-02.00W.
   L. 60-14.00S 051-59.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291440Z 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.

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

1112 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, 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
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

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, 56-46.00S 044-03.00WIcebergs · 27.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 03:18Z; 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.