Icebergs

Iceberg A69A, in 60-24.00S 049-28.00W

Southern Ocean · HYDROLANT 63/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-01-08 23:59Z

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 9/23 072240Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-08 00:03Z. 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: Southern Ocean. The parsed report position is -60.400, -49.467. 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 Southern Ocean →

issued: 2023-01-08 00:03Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-01-08 23:59Z
authority: NAVAREA VI 9/23 072240Z JAN 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Southern Ocean
position: -60.400, -49.467
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SCOTIA SEA.
DNC 29.
1. ICEBERG A69A, IN 60-24.00S 049-28.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 082359Z JAN 23.

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

1065 within 180 nm since 1999 · 23 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, 55-33.00S 041-42.00W2026-10-02
Icebergs reported in: a. A81, 55-35.00S 041-56.00W2026-10-01
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

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 2026-10-03 22:46Z; 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.