Icebergs

Icebergs sighted in 54-56S 119-34W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 652/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-03-09 16:05Z

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 50/14 06 MAR 14.. Issued 2014-03-06 16:05Z. 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 -54.933, -119.567. 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: 2014-03-06 16:05Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2014-03-09 16:05Z
authority: NAVAREA XV 50/14 06 MAR 14.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -54.933, -119.567
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
ICE.
1. ICEBERGS SIGHTED IN 54-56S 119-34W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 091605Z MAR 14.

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.

All warning terms →

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

12 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
Iceberg reported in 56-09.7S 116-54.3W2013-04-14

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 03:37Z; 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.