Icebergs

Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-05.00S 045-09.00W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 764/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-04-12 17:22Z

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 139/24 111720Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-11 18:11Z. 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 -51.582, -34.640. 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
2024-04-11 18:11Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-04-12 17:22Z
authority
NAVAREA VI 139/24 111720Z APR 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-51.582, -34.640
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SCOTIA SEA.
WEDDELL SEA.
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
ANTARCTICA.
DNC 01, DNC 19, DNC 29.
1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN:
   A. A23A, 59-05.00S 045-09.00W.
   B. D28A, 52-59.00S 027-03.00W.
   C. D28B, 51-44.00S 029-46.00W.
   D. A78, 58-37.00S 026-57.00W.
   E. D29C, 55-00.00S 031-34.00W.
   F. D31, 57-16.00S 029-48.00W.
   G. D20A, 61-51.00N 042-26.00W.
   H. 55-59.00S 026-39.00W.
   I. 59-18.00S 027-46.00W.
   J. 60-37.00S 037-45.00W.
   K. 60-50.00S 037-53.00W.
   L. 61-05.00S 040-50.00W.
   M. 61-08.00S 041-01.00W.
   N. 61-52.00S 047-29.00W.
   O. 60-15.00S 026-44.00W.
   P. 57-20.00S 025-38.00W.
   Q. 59-27.00S 041-14.00W.
   R. 52-59.00S 032-49.00W.
   S. 52-57.00S 038-45.00W.
   T. 52-54.00S 038-42.00W.
   U. 52-57.00S 038-40.00W.
   V. 52-56.00S 039-11.00W.
   W. 51-15.00S 030-52.00W.
   X. 51-19.00S 030-52.00W.
   Y. 51-35.00S 030-27.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 121722Z APR 24.

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.

All warning terms →

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

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

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24

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 03:26Z; 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.