Icebergs

Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-03.00S 045-07.00W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 983/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-05-11 14:47Z

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 176/24 101441Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-10 14:52Z. 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 -56.532, -30.439. 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: 2024-05-10 14:52Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-05-11 14:47Z
authority: NAVAREA VI 176/24 101441Z MAY 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -56.532, -30.439
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SCOTIA SEA.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
WEDDELL SEA.
DNC 01, DNC 29.
1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN:
   A. A23A, 59-03.00S 045-07.00W.
   B. D28A, 52-03.00S 022-26.00W.
   C. A78, 57-42.00S 025-18.00W.
   D. D29C, 53-45.00S 029-27.00W.
   E. 60-46.00S 035-50.00W.
   F. 58-44.00S 035-50.00W.
   G. 60-01.00S 037-42.00W.
   H. 57-04.00S 025-43.00W.
   I. 58-06.00S 025-48.00W.
   J. 55-28.00S 030-09.00W.
   K. 51-57.00S 022-18.00W.
   L. 53-44.00S 029-38.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 111447Z MAY 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

358 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 045-10.00W2024-05-09
Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-05.00S 045-12.00W2024-05-08
Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-05.00S 045-12.00W2024-05-08
Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-01.00S 045-08.00W2024-05-07
Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-02.00S 045-04.00W2024-05-06
Icebergs reported in: a. A23A, 59-02.00S 045-04.00W2024-05-05

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

6 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 11:29Z; 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.