NAVAREA XX
Coordinated by Russian Federation (Russian Federation (Department of Navigation and Oceanography)); covers the western Russian Arctic: the Kara Sea and the approaches to the Northern Sea Route.
NAVAREA XX covers the western part of the Russian Arctic, including the Kara Sea on the Northern Sea Route. The Russian Federation coordinates it.
Warnings here come from NGA HYDROARC relays that name NAVAREA XX as their source; it is the largest of the Arctic areas in NGA's relays.
- own list read
- no — via NGA relays only
- attributed by
- named in an NGA relay 1,571
What the archive shows
1,571 warnings in this archive are attributed to NAVAREA XX, issued from 2010-08-07 to 2024-05-03. None of them is in force in the latest lists we collected.
All of them are NGA relays (HYDROLANT, HYDROPAC or HYDROARC) that name NAVAREA XX as their source; the area's own list is not in this archive.
Missiles accounts for 875 of 1,571 recorded messages (56%), the largest warning type group in this selection.
The stations and services named as originators most often are COGARD NAVCEN GPS (1).
The largest yearly count is 2015, with 154 warnings. Collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17, so those years are not comparable.
Across all years its warnings are issued most often in October and least often in January.
They reached this archive through HYDROARC (1,571).
Attributed warnings by year of issue
By month of issue, all years
Warning types
Originating stations and services · 1
The authority recorded with each message: the range, rescue centre, coast radio station or national service that issued it.
- COGARD NAVCEN GPS1
Where they lie · 6 sea areas
- Barentsz Sea 1,050
- Kara Sea 60
- Arctic Ocean 58
- White Sea 24
- Laptev Sea 13
- Norwegian Sea 1
Most recently issued
- HYDROARC 68/24 · Exercises · Barentsz Sea2024-05-02Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1900Z daily 06 thru 08 may in area bound by 70-03.60N 035-26.30E, 70-03.60N…
- HYDROARC 67/24 · Missiles · Barentsz Sea2024-05-02Missile operations 031500Z to 031900Z and 040500Z to 041900Z may in area bound by 69-44.00N 035-55.00E,…
- HYDROARC 65/24 · Missiles · Barentsz Sea2024-04-26Missile operations 012100Z to 032100Z may in area bound by 70-04.00N 037-04.00E, 70-04.00N 035-18.00E,…
- HYDROARC 61/24 · Other2024-04-25Cancel HYDROARC 53/24 and this msg
- HYDROARC 59/24 · Missiles · Barentsz Sea2024-04-22Missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 26 and 27 apr in area bound by 69-44.00N 034-50.00E, 69-44.00N…
- HYDROARC 55/24 · Missiles · Barentsz Sea2024-04-12Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1500Z to 0100Z daily 17 thru 20 and 22 thru 27 apr in area bound by…
- HYDROARC 53/24 · Missiles · Barentsz Sea2024-04-11Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0930Z to 1100Z daily 15 thru 30 apr in area bound by 73-31.48N…
- HYDROARC 51/24 · Other2024-04-09Cancel HYDROARC 41/24 and this msg, opeations completed
Neighbouring areas
- NAVAREA XIX — the Norwegian Sea, the Barents Sea and Svalbard
- NAVAREA XXI — the eastern Russian Arctic: the East Siberian and Chukchi Seas
Counts are warnings attributed to NAVAREA XX by their series or by the source an NGA relay names, recounted 2026-09-24; the area's full traffic is larger. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA broadcasts.