Icebergs

020001Z apr iceberg limit 47-20N 055-00W, 45-00N 054-00W, 45-00N 052-00W, 46-15N 047-00W, 47-00N 046-00W,…

Gulf of St. Lawrence · NAVAREA IV 149/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-04-03 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 012059Z APR 12.. Issued 2012-04-01 22:20Z. 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 51.468, -57.897. 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 91/122012-03-04 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 92/122012-03-05 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA IV 111/122012-03-13 · Archived notice
  4. NAVAREA IV 127/122012-03-22 · Archived notice
  5. NAVAREA IV 129/122012-03-23 · Archived notice
  6. NAVAREA IV 131/122012-03-24 · Archived notice
Compare all 20 notices, changes and original texts →

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

issued
2012-04-01 22:20Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-04-03 00:01Z
authority
NAIS 012059Z APR 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NAIS
sea
Gulf of St. Lawrence
position
51.468, -57.897
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. 020001Z APR ICEBERG LIMIT
   47-20N 055-00W, 45-00N 054-00W, 45-00N 052-00W,
   46-15N 047-00W, 47-00N 046-00W, 52-00N 049-45W,
   59-00N 056-00W.
2. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT
   50-46N 059-00W AND 49-57N 057-46W.
3. SEA ICE LIMIT:
   A. 47-00N 052-55W, 47-00N 048-00W, 48-00N 047-00W,
      50-30N 050-30W, 52-00N 049-50W, 55-00N 053-30W,
      56-30N 057-00W, 58-00N 057-30W, 59-00N 057-15W,
      60-00N 055-10W, 62-00N 053-40W.
   B. 46-20N 060-20W, 47-00N 060-10W, 47-40N 061-30W,
      47-20N 062-10W, 46-30N 061-10W, 46-40N 063-50W,
      48-45N 064-10W, 48-45N 064-10W.
   C. 48-50N 067-35W, 48-40N 068-20W, 48-00N 069-30W,
      48-00N 069-45W, 49-00N 068-30W, 49-20N 067-10W,
      50-00N 066-30W, 49-45N 064-05W.
   D. 49-55N 063-50W, 50-00N 057-50W, 48-30N 059-20W,
      48-15N 058-50W.
   E. 58-00N 057-30W, 59-00N 057-10W, 60-00N 055-10W,
      62-00N 053-40W, 64-00N 054-10W, 60-00N 048-00W.
4. NOTE THE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE WESTERN
   ICEBERG LIMIT SINCE 010001Z APR BULLETIN DUE TO
   RECENT RECONNAISSANCE.
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 THIS MSG 030001Z APR.

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

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

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Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 01:08Z; 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 →

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