Bering Sea

IHO sea area 55 · -180° to 180° E, 51° to 67° N

in force
6
last 12 months
3
since 1999
304
categories
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In force now · 6

  1. NAVAREA XII 496/26 · Cable ops2026-07-19
    Cable operations by cableship IT Infinity continue in the Bering Sea off Alaska until 30 November along a trackline; wide berth requested.
  2. NAVAREA XII 458/26 · Nav aids2026-06-29
    Coast Guard high-frequency communication services at St. Paul, Alaska, are off air.
  3. NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17
    The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
  4. HYDROPAC 1795/25 · Surveys2025-07-14
    A scientific mooring at seven meters depth is established in Bering Strait, Russia, at 66-19.56N 168-57.08W.
  5. NAVAREA XII 422/25 · Surveys2025-07-14
    Scientific moorings are established at 15 meters depth in Bering Strait, Alaska, at coordinates 65-46.86N 168-34.07W and 65-44.76N 168-15.75W.
  6. NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10
    In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.

Longest in force

  1. NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10
    In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
  2. HYDROPAC 1795/25 · Surveys2025-07-14
    A scientific mooring at seven meters depth is established in Bering Strait, Russia, at 66-19.56N 168-57.08W.
  3. NAVAREA XII 422/25 · Surveys2025-07-14
    Scientific moorings are established at 15 meters depth in Bering Strait, Alaska, at coordinates 65-46.86N 168-34.07W and 65-44.76N 168-15.75W.
  4. NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17
    The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
  5. NAVAREA XII 458/26 · Nav aids2026-06-29
    Coast Guard high-frequency communication services at St. Paul, Alaska, are off air.

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By category · since 1997

Exercises16253%
Nav aids5317%
Other4414%
Surveys248%
Cable ops72%
Derelicts62%
Missiles31%
Debris10%
Towing10%
Containers10%
Wrecks10%
Mines10%

Archive · 298 cancelled

  1. NAVAREA XII 186/12 · Exercises2012-07-27 → 2012-07-31
    Gunnery exercises: a. 302100Z to 302200Z jul within 12 miles of 55-58N 168-04W
  2. NAVAREA XII 177/12 · Exercises2012-07-12 → 2012-07-14
    Hazardous operations
  3. NAVAREA XII 176/12 · Exercises2012-07-09 → 2012-07-12
    Hazardous operations
  4. NAVAREA XII 168/12 · Exercises2012-06-29 → 2012-07-01
    Hazardous operations
  5. NAVAREA XII 149/12 · Exercises2012-06-06 → 2012-06-09
    Gunnery exercises 081800Z to 090100Z jun within five miles of: a. 55-30N 168-30W
  6. NAVAREA XII 132/12 · Exercises2012-05-15 → 2012-05-17
    Gunnery and pyrotechnics exercises 161500Z to 162000Z may within 12 miles of: a. 55-58N 168-04W
  7. NAVAREA XII 29/12 · Exercises2012-02-12 → 2012-02-14
    Gunnery exercises 131700Z to 140001Z feb within 10,000 yards of 55-05N 168-35W
  8. NAVAREA XII 24/12 · Exercises2012-02-03 → 2012-02-05
    Gunnery exercises 041800Z to 050400Z feb within eight miles of 55-12N 168-25W
  9. NAVAREA XII 15/12 · Exercises2012-01-14 → 2012-01-18
    Gunnery exercises 171900Z to 180300Z jan, within five miles of 55-12N 168-25W
  10. HYDROPAC 3315/11 · Derelicts2011-11-26 → 2011-11-29
    Two derelict barges adrift in 60-18.56N 171-06.92E at 230810Z nov
  11. NAVAREA XII 423/11 · Exercises2011-11-16 → 2011-11-22
    Hazardous operations
  12. NAVAREA XII 409/11 · Exercises2011-11-05 → 2011-11-10
    Hazardous operations
  13. NAVAREA XII 385/11 · Exercises2011-10-19 → 2011-10-25
    Hazardous operations
  14. NAVAREA XII 374/11 · Exercises2011-10-10 → 2011-10-15
    Hazardous operations
  15. NAVAREA XII 329/11 · Other2011-09-03 → 2011-09-03
    Pyrotechnics exercises 032000Z to 032200Z sep within 1.5 miles of 62-32.26N 167-17.47W
  16. NAVAREA XII 324/11 · Other2011-09-02 → 2011-09-03
    Pyrotechnics exercises 031900Z to 032000Z sep within 1.5 miles of 60-12.72N 168-11.62W
  17. NAVAREA XII 298/11 · Exercises2011-08-12 → 2011-08-15
    Gunnery exercises 122100Z to 130400Z aug, alternate 132100Z to 140400Z and 142100Z to 150400Z aug within…
  18. NAVAREA XII 262/11 · Exercises2011-07-12 → 2011-07-14
    Gunnery exercises 131600Z to 140801Z jul within five miles of 56-21N 163-17W
  19. HYDROPAC 1915/11 · Surveys2011-07-02 → 2011-07-11
    Survey operations in progress until further notice in area between 55-19-53N 167-06-00E, 55-28-00N…
  20. HYDROPAC 1856/11 · Other2011-06-26 → 2011-07-02
    M/V aries taking on water in 56-46.36N 167-20.45W

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.