Baffin Bay

IHO sea area 14A · -82° to -51° E, 70° to 82° N

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What the archive shows

67 messages are recorded since 2003-10-02 for the Baffin Bay. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.

Surveys accounts for 22 of 67 recorded messages (33%), the largest category group in this selection.

The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.

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By category · available archive

Surveys2233%
Missiles2030%
Incidents1827%
Exercises34%
Cable ops34%
Quakes11%

Archive · 67 cancelled

  1. HYDROARC 130/19 · Incidents2019-07-16 → 2019-08-02
    Vessel, five persons on board, disabled and adrift, requesting assistance in 70-36-31N 052-10-55W
  2. NAVAREA IV 665/18 · Incidents2018-08-17 → 2018-08-31
    Vessel, white hull, two persons on board, requesting assistance in 70-13N 054-13W at 172045 aug
  3. HYDROARC 153/18 · Incidents2018-07-14 → 2018-08-03
    S/V fredoya, six persons on board, unreported upernavik (072-47N 56-09W)
  4. HYDROARC 54/18 · Missiles2018-04-20 → 2018-04-26
    Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1730Z to 1930Z daily 25 and 26 apr in area bound by 77-36.40N…
  5. HYDROARC 325/17 · Missiles2017-10-09 → 2017-10-14
    Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0915Z to 1010Z daily 13 and 14 oct in area bound by 77-36.67N…
  6. HYDROARC 225/17 · Surveys2017-08-23 → 2017-11-16
    Survey operations 25 aug thru 15 nov by M/V akademik fersaman towing 8340 meter long cable in area bound by…
  7. HYDROARC 212/17 · Incidents2017-08-16 → 2017-08-16
    Vessel, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 73-30.3N 055-29.4W
  8. HYDROARC 128/17 · Incidents2017-07-07 → 2017-07-07
    Vessel, nine persons on board, unreported saqqaq (70-00-35N 051-56-45W) to uummannaq (70-40-29N 052-07-35W)
  9. HYDROARC 154/16 · Cable ops2016-08-04 → 2016-11-16
    Seismic survey in progress until 15 nov by M/V zephyr towing 4.5 mile long cable in area bound by 75-10.22N…
  10. HYDROARC 83/16 · Missiles2016-05-30 → 2016-06-04
    Hazardous operations 041345Z to 041445Z jun in area bound by 77-35.00N 076-03.25W, 77-35.33N 074-12.00W,…
  11. HYDROARC 49/16 · Missiles2016-04-24 → 2016-04-26
    Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 25 apr thru 25 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…
  12. HYDROARC 47/16 · Missiles2016-04-24 → 2016-04-24
    Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 24 apr thru 24 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…
  13. HYDROARC 43/16 · Missiles2016-04-22 → 2016-04-24
    Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 23 apr thru 22 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…
  14. HYDROARC 37/16 · Missiles2016-04-17 → 2016-04-22
    Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 22 apr thru 22 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…
  15. HYDROARC 23/16 · Incidents2016-03-24 → 2016-03-24
    M/V, white hull, two persons on board, unreported vicinity upernavik (72-47-13N 056-08-50W)
  16. HYDROARC 10/16 · Missiles2016-02-15 → 2016-02-17
    Hazardous operations 1740Z to 1840Z daily 16 and 17 feb in area bound by 77-36-40N 075-52-30W, 77-35-45N…
  17. HYDROARC 294/15 · Incidents2015-09-20 → 2015-11-01
    M/V, one person on board, unreported oqaatsut/rodebay (69-20.7N 051-00.2W) to illorsuit (71-14.5N 053-34.0W)
  18. HYDROARC 152/15 · Incidents2015-06-28 → 2015-06-29
    M/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue kullorsuaq (74-34-45N 057-13-05W) and return
  19. HYDROARC 329/14 · Incidents2014-10-30 → 2014-12-21
    M/V, three persons on board, overdue upernavik kujalleq (72-09N 055-31W) to nuugaatsiaq (71-32N 053-13W)
  20. HYDROARC 147/14 · Incidents2014-07-28 → 2014-07-28
    S/V snow dragon II, two persons on board, unreported

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