Icebergs

Icebergs reported on 16 dec in: a. 53-34.30S 105-04.18W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2505/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-12-23 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 XV 149-151/08 161410Z DEC 08.. Issued 2008-12-16 15:42Z. 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 -53.510, -107.057. 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: 2008-12-16 15:42Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XV 149-151/08 161410Z DEC 08.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -53.510, -107.057
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ICEBERGS REPORTED ON 16 DEC IN:
   A. 53-34.30S 105-04.18W.
   B. 53-27.42S 107-25.12W.
   C. 53-30.00S 108-41.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 23 DEC.

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.

All warning terms →

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

6 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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 adrift in: a. 54-51.35S 111-02.83W2022-12-22
Iceberg in 52-26.7S 106-00.8W2014-04-14
Iceberg in 52-32.2S 105-02.8W2014-04-14
Iceberg reported in 51-26S 106-59W2011-05-18
Icebergs detected in: a. 53-38S 102-24W2006-12-12

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 02:33Z; 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.