Icebergs

60 meter iceberg reported adrift in 54-58.00S 115-18.00W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3651/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-12-24 14:29Z

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 251/22 211428Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-21 14:31Z. 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 -54.967, -115.300. 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: 2022-12-21 14:31Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-12-24 14:29Z
authority: NAVAREA XV 251/22 211428Z DEC 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -54.967, -115.300
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06.
1. 60 METER ICEBERG REPORTED ADRIFT
   IN 54-58.00S 115-18.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241429Z DEC 22.

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.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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

9 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.

Icebergs reported adrift in: a. 54-51.35S 111-02.83W2022-12-22
Icebergs reported in: a. 53-58.3S 117-35.4W2015-03-26
Icebergs sighted in 54-56S 119-34W2014-03-06
Iceberg reported in 56-09.7S 116-54.3W2013-04-14
Icebergs sighted in: a. 51-51S 117-42W2011-04-02
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 03:43Z; 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.