Icebergs reported in: a. A56, 49-38S 023-15W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2048/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-08-13 14:17Z
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 241/16 121400Z AUG 16.. Issued 2016-08-12 14:55Z. 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 -53.033, -37.353. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Icebergs reported in: a. A56, 49-52S 023-00Wcancelled by this notice
- Icebergs reported in: a. A56, 49-38S 023-15Wlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 746/162016-03-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 805/162016-04-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 834/162016-04-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 864/162016-04-11 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 899/162016-04-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 921/162016-04-18 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-08-12 14:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-08-15 14:55Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VI 241/16 121400Z AUG 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -53.033, -37.353
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. SCOTIA SEA. ICE. DNC 01. 1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN: A. A56, 49-38S 023-15W. B. B15K, 55-05S 043-51W. C. B15X, 50-13S 034-15W. D. A66, 55-48S 040-08W. E. B15Y1, 53-47S 041-10W. F. B15Y2, 53-41S 041-28W. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2037/16. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 151455Z AUG 16.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- 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
578 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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 in: a. A23A, 59-05.00S 045-09.00W2024-04-11
- South georgia and the south sandwich islands2023-11-22
- South georgia and the south sandwich islands2023-11-21
- South georgia and the south sandwich islands2023-11-20
- South georgia and the south sandwich islands2023-11-19
- South georgia and the south sandwich islands2023-11-18
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
4 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:48Z; 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.