Icebergs

Icebergs reported on 15 mar in: a. 48-28.13N 052-29.34W

Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 290/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-03-18 20:07Z

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) · IIP 0/24 151801Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-15 20:13Z. 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 48.536, -52.374. 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 Labrador Sea →

issued: 2024-03-15 20:13Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-03-18 20:07Z
authority: IIP 0/24 151801Z MAR 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL
sea: Labrador Sea
position: 48.536, -52.374
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

LABRADOR SEA.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
CANADA.
1. ICEBERGS REPORTED ON 15 MAR IN:
   A. 48-28.13N 052-29.34W.
   B. 48-36.23N 052-15.50W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 182007Z MAR 24.

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.

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

323 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.

Iceberg reported in vicinity 48-10.20N 052-43.9W at 221200Z aug2023-08-22
Iceberg reported in 46-33.20N 053-53.50W2023-03-16
Icebergs reported in: a. 51-34.60N 049-54.40W2022-08-29
Iceberg reported in vicinity 47-43.10N 053-49.50W at 061818Z aug2022-08-06
Iceberg reported in vicinity 47-30.2N 050-33.3W at 221840Z feb2018-02-23
Iceberg reported in vicinity 47-03.9N 050-33.3W at 221840Z feb2018-02-22

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 11:19Z; 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.