Icebergs

Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-02.00S 044-45.00W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 879/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-04-26 14:31Z

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 159/24 251419Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-25 14:49Z. 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 -56.938, -32.042. 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
2024-04-25 14:49Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-04-26 14:31Z
authority
NAVAREA VI 159/24 251419Z APR 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-56.938, -32.042
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SCOTIA SEA.
WEDDELL SEA.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
ANTARCTICA.
DNC 01, DNC 29.
1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN:
   A. A23A, 59-02.00S 044-45.00W.
   B. D28A, 51-49.00S 025-11.00W.
   C. A78, 58-15.00S 026-10.00W.
   D. D29C, 54-03.00S 030-43.00W.
   E. D31, 56-33.00S 029-51.00W.
   F. D20A, 61-44.00S 042-39.00W.
   G. A74B, 62-12.00S 054-10.00W.
   H. 58-04.00S 021-23.00W.
   I. 61-11.00S 036-27.00W.
   J. 59-43.00S 036-11.00W.
   K. 60-22.00S 038-55.00W.
   L. 58-33.00S 023-40.00W.
   M. 60-54.00S 040-51.00W.
   N. 51-32.00S 029-18.00W.
   O. 51-45.00S 030-41.00W.
   P. 51-26.00S 028-43.00W.
   Q. 51-19.00S 026-06.00W.
   R. 51-40.00S 029-02.00W.
   S. 57-56.00S 026-12.00W.
   T. 58-53.00S 026-11.00W.
   U. 58-46.00S 025-44.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261431Z 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

533 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 04:05Z; 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.