Icebergs

Iceberg sighted in 43-11N 049-17W at 301500Z mar

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 666/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-03-31 15:55Z

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) · COMINTICEPAT 301524Z MAR 03; NAVAREA VI 135/03 301900Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-30 15:55Z. 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
North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 43.183, -49.283. 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

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  1. NAVAREA IV 124/032003-03-30 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 666/03 · this notice2003-03-30 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2003-03-30 15:55Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2003-03-31 15:55Z
authority
COMINTICEPAT 301524Z MAR 03; NAVAREA VI 135/03 301900Z MAR 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
issued by
INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
43.183, -49.283
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ICEBERG SIGHTED IN 43-11N 049-17W AT 301500Z MAR.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 662/03(23).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 311555Z 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.

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

46 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 12:25Z; 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.