Icebergs

Icebergs have been reported in the Scotia Sea, South Atlantic near Antarctica at multiple positions, and this warning is cancelled on 26 October at 1420 UTC.

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1956/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-10-01 16:15Z

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 2026-10-01 14:20Z. First collected 2026-10-01 19:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-02 02:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -58.228, -46.440. 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: 2026-10-01 14:20Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-10-02 14:20Z
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -58.228, -46.440
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-10-01 19:02Z

Original warning text

SCOTIA SEA.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
ANTARCTICA.
1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN:
   A. A81, 55-35.00S 041-56.00W.
   B. D33B, 58-18.00S 047-22.00W.
   C. A76C, 55-23.00S 025-15.00W.
   D. A83, 60-49.00S 052-11.00W.
   E. A85, 59-22.00S 051-22.00W.
   F. 59-28.00S 051-15.00W.
   G. D32, 56-33.00S 038-16.00W.
   H. D33C, 61-43.00S 053-57.00W.
   I. 55-45.00S 042-57.00W.
   J. 59-20.00S 047-32.00W.
   K. 55-37.00S 047-03.00W.
   L. 56-49.00S 045-29.00W.
   M. 59-24.00S 051-15.00W.
   N. 58-37.00S 045-56.00W.
   O. 59-11.00S 050-12.00W.
   P. 59-45.00S 051-04.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021420Z OCT 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

1030 within 180 nm since 1999 · 24 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, 55-45.00S 042-16.00W2026-09-30
Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 55-57.00S 042-54.00W2026-09-29
Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 56-07.00S 043-14.00W2026-09-28
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

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 · 16.9 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

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