Iceberg sighted in 57-06.24S 067-47.06W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 215/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-01-27 10:20Z
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 11/16 250210Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-25 02:22Z. 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 -57.104, -67.784. 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
- Hazardous operationslater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-01-25 02:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-01-28 02:22Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 11/16 250210Z JAN 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -57.104, -67.784
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. DRAKE PASSAGE. ICE. DNC 07. 1. ICEBERG SIGHTED IN 57-06.24S 067-47.06W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280222Z JAN 16.
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.
Collected reports in this area · iceberg & sea-ice bulletins
20 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- Iceberg reported in 56-07.06S 070-12.00W2023-12-08
- Iceberg reported in 58-48.50S 063-09.90W2022-12-15
- Iceberg reported in 58-23.95S 067-05.53W2022-01-14
- Iceberg reported in 57-51S 062-49W2018-06-06
- Icebergs sighted in: a. 59-30.5S 065-41.1W2016-01-19
- Icebergs sighted in: a. 59-30.5S 065-41.1W2016-01-19
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 15:40Z; 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.