Icebergs

Iceberg reported in 56-09.7S 116-54.3W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1032/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-04-17 01:15Z

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 XV 20/13 140115Z APR 13.. Issued 2013-04-14 01:17Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -56.162, -116.905. 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 Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2013-04-14 01:17Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2013-04-17 01:15Z
authority: NAVAREA XV 20/13 140115Z APR 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -56.162, -116.905
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
ICE.
1. ICEBERG REPORTED IN 56-09.7S 116-54.3W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170115Z APR 13.

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.
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.

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

5 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

60 meter iceberg reported adrift in 54-58.00S 115-18.00W2022-12-21
Icebergs reported in: a. 53-58.3S 117-35.4W2015-03-26
Icebergs sighted in 54-56S 119-34W2014-03-06
Iceberg reported in 54-19S 117-13W2003-01-14

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 2026-10-03 03:42Z; 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.