Icebergs

Icebergs reported in: a. 51-48S 115-16W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 443/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-05-28 06:00Z

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 24/99 210410Z MAY 99. Issued 1999-05-21 07:05Z. 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 -51.942, -113.883. 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: 1999-05-21 07:05Z
status: Archived notice
authority: Navarea XV 24/99 210410Z MAY 99
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -51.942, -113.883
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ICEBERGS REPORTED IN:
   A. 51-48S 115-16W.
   B. 52-05S 112-30W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 MAY.

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.

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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 in: a. 53-58.3S 117-35.4W2015-03-26
Iceberg reported in 52-07.5S 118-08.0W2014-06-13
Iceberg reported in 51-07.4S 110-16.6W2011-05-17
Icebergs sighted in: a. 51-51S 117-42W2011-04-02
Icebergs sighted in: a. 51-11S 117-42W2011-04-02
Iceberg sighted in area bound by 50-42.4S 115-51.5W, 50-48.0S 115-01.0W, 50-58.7S 115-42.6W, 51-08.4S…2009-04-07

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

1 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:09Z; 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.