Icebergs

Icebergs reported in: a. A66, 53-40S 02548W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3478/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-12-24 14:18Z

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 424/16 231400Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-23 14:18Z. 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 -49.000, -30.260. 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: 2016-12-23 14:18Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2016-12-24 14:18Z
authority: NAVAREA VI 424/16 231400Z DEC 16.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -49.000, -30.260
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. A66, 53-40S 02548W.
   B. 58-39S 0361-5W.
   C. 58-56S 032-31W.
   D. 46-16S 030-21W.
   E. 46-48S 030-17W.
   F. 46-47S 029-05W.
   G. 46-13S 029-04W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241418Z DEC 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.
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

35 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. B16 56-43S 031-23W2019-10-27
Icebergs reported in: a. B16 56-38S 030-47W2019-10-26
Icebergs reported in: a. A66, 53-33S 024-47W2016-12-25
Icebergs reported on 24 dec in: a. A-66, 53-24S 025-07W2016-12-24
Icebergs reported in: a. A66, 53-37S 025-43W2016-12-22
Icebergs reported in: a. A66, 53-50S 026-09W2016-12-21

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 14:17Z; 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.