Numerous icebergs sighted vicinity of trackline between 48-17.6S 031-51.3W and 51-14.5S 038-34.3W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 962/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-06-11 00:00Z
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 155/04 040200Z JUN 04; WZ 731/04 040031Z JUN 04. Issued 2004-06-04 03:30Z. 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 map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2004-06-04 03:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VI 155/04 040200Z JUN 04; WZ 731/04 040031Z JUN 04
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -49.767, -35.213
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. NUMEROUS ICEBERGS SIGHTED VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 48-17.6S 031-51.3W AND 51-14.5S 038-34.3W. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 924/04(37), OPERATIONS COMPLETED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 11 JUN.
Reading this warning
- Icebergs and ice limits
- Icebergs, smaller pieces of glacier ice and the published limit of known ice.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · iceberg & sea-ice bulletins
101 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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. A23A, 59-05.00S 045-09.00W2024-04-11
- Icebergs reported in: a. A68A 63-22S 052-13W2020-01-28
- Icebergs reported in: a. B16, 56-16S 037-16W2019-09-22
- Icebergs reported in: a. B16, 56-11S 037-20W2019-09-21
- Icebergs reported in: a. 48-04S 039-24W2019-09-19
- Icebergs reported in: a. B16, 55-31S 038-01W2019-09-17
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 2026-10-02 19:29Z; 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.