Icebergs

090001Z jan iceberg limit: 54-50N 058-00W, 55-30N 057-30W, 60-00N 060-00W

Gulf of St. Lawrence · NAVAREA IV 10/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-01-10 00:01Z

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) · NAIS 081832Z JAN 13.. Issued 2013-01-09 02:31Z. 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
Gulf of St. Lawrence. The parsed report position is 50.616, -60.498. 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

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. NAVAREA IV 9/132013-01-07 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 10/13 · this notice2013-01-09 · Archived notice
Compare all 2 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of St. Lawrence →

issued
2013-01-09 02:31Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2013-01-10 00:01Z
authority
NAIS 081832Z JAN 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NAIS
sea
Gulf of St. Lawrence
position
50.616, -60.498
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH AMERICAN ICE SERVICE (NAIS) ICEBERG BULLETIN.
1. 090001Z JAN ICEBERG LIMIT:
   54-50N 058-00W, 55-30N 057-30W, 60-00N 060-00W.
2. SEA ICE LIMIT:
   A. 46-00N 061-35W, 46-15N 062-00W, 46-30N 061-40W,
      46-35N 063-25W, 47-10N 063-55W, 49-00N 064-00W,
      49-35N 065-30W, 49-10N 067-15W, 49-50N 066-40W,
      50-15N 065-00W.
   B. 47-35N 061-25W, 47-35N 061-15W, 47-10N 061-40W,
      47-15N 061-50W.
   C. 50-00N 064-30W, 49-50N 064-40W, 49-00N 062-55W,
      48-55N 061-40W, 49-15N 061-35W, 49-55N 063-05W,
      50-00N 064-30W.
   D. 50-15N 064-40W, 50-00N 062-55W, 50-05N 059-45W,
      51-20N 057-30W, 51-15N 056-55W, 50-40N 057-25W,
      49-05N 058-25W.
   E. 47-20N 055-15W, 47-20N 056-00W, 47-35N 056-25W.
   F. 48-40N 053-05W, 49-50N 053-40W, 50-10N 055-25W,
      53-00N 054-00W, 54-40N 056-00W, 56-00N 059-30W,
      58-00N 060-15W, 60-40N 060-40W, 63-25N 058-00W.
3. REPORT POSITION AND TIME OF ANY ICEBERGS OR
   STATIONARY RADAR TARGETS THAT MAY LIKELY BE ICEBERGS TO
   THE NEAREST CANADIAN COAST GUARD MARINE COMMUNICATIONS
   AND TRAFFIC SERVICE STATION OR USING INMARSAT CODE 42.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 100001Z JAN 13.

Reading this warning

Icebergs and ice limits
Icebergs, smaller pieces of glacier ice and the published limit of known ice.
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.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
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

137 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 08:54Z; 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.