130001Z feb iceberg limit along trackline joining 47-24N 052-42W, 47-30N 050-45W, 50-30N 047-45W, 51-30N…
Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 124/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-02-14 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 121839Z FEB 15.. Issued 2015-02-12 22:00Z. 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
- Labrador Sea. The parsed report position is 52.265, -54.002. 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
- Radar target reported in 53-06.8N 049-05.6W at 112230Z febcancelled by this notice
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.
- NAVAREA IV 1035/142014-12-06 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1037/142014-12-07 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1041/142014-12-08 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1043/142014-12-09 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1046/142014-12-10 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1051/142014-12-11 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2015-02-12 22:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-02-14 00:01Z
- authority
- NAIS 121839Z FEB 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- NAIS
- sea
- Labrador Sea
- position
- 52.265, -54.002
- 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. 130001Z FEB ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
47-24N 052-42W, 47-30N 050-45W, 50-30N 047-45W,
51-30N 047-45W, 60-00N 057-45W.
2. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
51-19N 058-07W AND 50-33N 057-20W.
3. RADAR TARGET OUTSIDE ICEBERG LIMIT:
A. 53-01N 049-16W.
4. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES:
A. JOINING
47-40N 052-40W, 48-30N 050-20W, 51-30N 048-40W,
55-05N 052-10W, 56-30N 055-55W, 58-00N 057-30W,
60-25N 058-00W, 61-50N 057-20W.
B. BETWEEN 45-00N 065-10W AND 45-30N 065-10W.
C. JOINING
45-40N 060-30W, 45-10N 060-30W, 45-30N 058-50W,
47-10N 059-00W, 48-10N 060-30W, 49-00N 059-10W,
48-30N 059-20W, 48-05N 059-00W.
D. BETWEEN 47-20N 055-20W AND 47-35N 058-40W.
5. 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.
6. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 119/15(14).
7. CANCEL THIS MSG 140001Z FEB 15.
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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · iceberg & sea-ice bulletins
971 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.
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 060001Z feb2023-02-05
- Icebergs reported in: a. 51-34.60N 049-54.40W2022-08-29
- Numerous icebergs sighted in vicinity 51-12.92N 050-03.90W at 181255Z aug 222022-08-18
- Iceberg reported in 50-51.6N 057-58.8W2022-04-08
- Icebergs reported at 171409Z apr in: a. 51-10.5N 057-24.7W2021-04-17
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 070001Z apr2020-04-06
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
6 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 11:18Z; 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.