North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 260001Z apr
Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 469/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-04-27 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 0/24 252235Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-25 22:53Z. 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 map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. 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.
- NAVAREA IV 430/242024-04-15 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 432/242024-04-16 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 438/242024-04-17 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 443/242024-04-18 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 450/242024-04-19 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 452/242024-04-20 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2024-04-25 22:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-04-27 00:01Z
- authority
- NAIS 0/24 252235Z APR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- NAIS
- sea
- Labrador Sea
- position
- 57.077, -48.517
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. NORTH AMERICAN ICE SERVICE (NAIS)
ICEBERG BULLETIN 260001Z APR.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
47-29N 052-45W, 48-05N 049-45W,
51-15N 046-35W, 56-15N 050-10W,
57-40N 052-10W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
TRACKLINE JOINING
57-40N 052-10W, 58-50N 041-00W,
62-40N 038-40W, 65-00N 027-30W.
4. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE
JOINING
50-13N 061-30W, 49-05N 058-04W.
5. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
JOINING:
A. 50-14N 062-15W, 50-05N 062-12W,
49-50N 060-34W, 51-14N 057-41W,
51-17N 057-28W, 51-31N 056-23W,
51-28N 056-19W.
B. 49-34N 054-29W, 52-49N 051-30W,
55-18N 051-50W, 56-41N 057-03W,
59-03N 058-24W, 62-00N 058-54W,
62-58N 057-46W.
C. 62-25N 041-15W, 59-58N 042-17W,
59-24N 043-37W, 59-23N 044-28W,
60-30N 048-42W, 61-47N 050-52W,
62-13N 050-49W, 62-13N 055-02W.
6. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
INTERIOR GENERAL FLIGHT 25 APR 24.
7. REPORT POSITION AND TIME OF ANY ICEBERGS
SEA ICE OR STATIONARY RADAR TARGETS THAT
MAY LIKELY BE ICE TO THE NEAREST CANADIAN
COAST GUARD MARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND
TRAFFIC SERVICE STATION OR
USING INMARSAT CODE 42.
8. FOR MORE REPORTING INFORMATION OR TO
DOWNLOAD SHAPEFILES AND WEEKLY PREDICTIONS,
GO TO WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV/IIP.
9. CANCEL THIS MSG 270001Z APR 24.
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.
- 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
2491 within 180 nm since 2002 · 17 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 240001Z sep2026-09-23
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 230001Z sep2026-09-22
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 170001Z sep2026-09-16
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 160001Z sep2026-09-15
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 140001Z sep2026-09-13
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 110001Z sep2026-09-10
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
1 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:58Z; source collection times vary.
Icebergs
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