Icebergs

Very large icebergs sighted in: a. 42-10.0S 057-46.0W at 242047Z feb

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 398/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-03-03 20:47Z

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 92/06 260201Z FEB 06.. Issued 2006-02-26 02:41Z. 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 -41.968, -57.848. 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

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.

  1. HYDROLANT 397/062006-02-25 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 398/06 · this notice2006-02-26 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2006-02-26 02:41Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2006-03-03 20:47Z
authority
NAVAREA VI 92/06 260201Z FEB 06.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-41.968, -57.848
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. VERY LARGE ICEBERGS SIGHTED IN:
   A. 42-10.0S 057-46.0W AT 242047Z FEB.
   B. 41-46.2S 057-55.8W AT 242127Z FEB.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 397/06.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 032047Z MAR.

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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

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

23 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
06

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 05:44Z; 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.