Icebergs sighted in: a. 51-51S 117-42W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1039/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-04-05 17:17Z
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 60/11 021410Z APR 11.. Issued 2011-04-02 17:20Z. 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 -52.217, -117.094. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1038/112011-04-02 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1039/11 · this notice2011-04-02 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2011-04-02 17:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-04-05 17:17Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 60/11 021410Z APR 11.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -52.217, -117.094
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. ICE. 1. ICEBERGS SIGHTED IN: A. 51-51S 117-42W. B. 52-20S 116-56W. C. 52-28S 116-39W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 051717Z APR.
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.
Collected reports in this area · iceberg & sea-ice bulletins
16 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.
- 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
- Iceberg reported in 52-07.5S 118-08.0W2014-06-13
- Iceberg reported vicinity 52-20S 119-00W2014-01-29
- Iceberg reported vicinity 52-12.8S 119-43.0W at 280040Z jan2014-01-28
- Icebergs sighted in: a. 51-11S 117-42W2011-04-02
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 11:24Z; 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.