Icebergs

200001Z jan iceberg limit: 54-55N 058-00W, 56-00N 057-00W, 60-00N 060-00W

Gulf of St. Lawrence · NAVAREA IV 30/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-01-21 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 191831Z JAN 13.. Issued 2013-01-19 22:02Z. 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 51.481, -59.949. 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 Gulf of St. Lawrence →

issued: 2013-01-19 22:02Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2013-01-21 00:01Z
authority: NAIS 191831Z JAN 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: NAIS
sea: Gulf of St. Lawrence
position: 51.481, -59.949
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. 200001Z JAN ICEBERG LIMIT:
   54-55N 058-00W, 56-00N 057-00W, 60-00N 060-00W.
2. SEA ICE LIMIT:
   A. 46-00N 061-35W, 46-30N 061-45W, 46-50N 063-25W,
      48-50N 063-30W, 49-20N 064-30W, 49-30N 066-30W,
      50-15N 065-30W.
   B. 50-15N 065-00W, 49-40N 064-40W, 48-45N 061-45W,
      49-05N 061-20W, 49-45N 062-00W, 50-00N 060-00W,
      50-45N 057-30W, 49-05N 058-35W, 48-30N 059-20W,
      48-05N 059-05W.
   C. 47-40N 061-10W, 47-45N 061-30W, 47-15N 062-10W,
      47-00N 061-40W, 47-40N 061-10W.
   D. 48-40N 053-05W, 49-45N 053-30W, 50-10N 055-30W,
      51-30N 054-15W, 54-30N 053-30W, 56-15N 056-35W,
      58-00N 058-15W, 59-00N 059-00W, 60-50N 059-30W,
      62-00N 058-30W, 63-15N 057-50W.
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 210001Z 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

267 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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 48-53.92N 059-52.83W2022-04-13
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 090001Z jan2019-01-08
Possible iceberg reported in vicinity 49-36.3N 058-06.3W 261600Z apr2018-04-26
Iceberg reported in vicinity 49-36.3N 058-06.3W 261600Z apr2018-04-26

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 2026-10-02 20:56Z; 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.