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
12

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%
Towing10%
Wrecks10%
Debris10%
Containers10%
Mines10%

Archive · 298 cancelled

  1. NAVAREA XII 138/09 · Exercises2009-03-17 → 2009-03-19
    Gunnery exercise 182200Z to 190100Z mar vicinity 54-37N 168-01.4W
  2. HYDROARC 17/08 · Surveys2008-10-16 → 2010-08-14
    Scientific moorings established: a. A2-08, 65-47.195N 168-34.691W
  3. NAVAREA XII 411/08 · Exercises2008-10-03 → 2008-10-09
    Hazardous operations 0300Z to 0600Z daily 06 and 09 oct within 10000 yards of 63-35.5N 166-32.0W
  4. NAVAREA XII 405/08 · Exercises2008-09-29 → 2008-09-30
    Gunnery and pyrotechnics exercises 300200Z to 300600Z sep within 10000 yards of 54-15N 167-22W
  5. NAVAREA XII 400/08 · Exercises2008-09-27 → 2008-09-29
    Hazardous operations 010200Z to 010400Z oct within six miles of 54-15N 167-22W
  6. NAVAREA XII 398/08 · Other2008-09-25 → 2008-09-27
    Pyrotechnics exercise 270400Z to 270500Z sep within 1,000 yards of 58-30N 174-00W
  7. HYDROPAC 1585/08 · Exercises2008-08-18 → 2008-08-20
    Gunnery exercises 191800Z to 192300Z aug within 2.27 miles of 61-21.1N 177-15.8W
  8. NAVAREA XII 315/08 · Debris2008-08-08 → 2008-08-30
    Nga chart 16486 (7TH ed)
  9. NAVAREA XII 298/08 · Exercises2008-07-30 → 2008-08-01
    Gunnery exercises 010001Z to 010400Z aug within 12 miles of 51-50N 179-30W
  10. NAVAREA XII 273/08 · Other2008-07-17 → 2008-07-18
    Pyrotechnics exercise 172300Z to 180030Z jul within 2.3 miles of 56-06.8N 161-53.4W
  11. NAVAREA XII 242/08 · Exercises2008-06-24 → 2008-06-28
    Gunnery exercises 272200Z to 280200Z jun within six miles of 56-00N 172-00W
  12. NAVAREA XII 203/08 · Exercises2008-06-05 → 2008-06-07
    Gunnery exercises 071400Z to 071700Z jun within six miles of 54-53-05N 166-50-00W
  13. NAVAREA XII 194/08 · Other2008-05-28 → 2008-05-31
    Pyrotechnics exercises 310700Z to 310900Z may within three miles of 57-05N 164-00W
  14. NAVAREA XII 156/08 · Exercises2008-04-23 → 2008-04-26
    Gunnery exercises 1800Z to 2000Z daily 25 and 26 apr within 14 miles of 56-00N 171-00W
  15. NAVAREA XII 139/08 · Exercises2008-04-07 → 2008-04-08
    Hazardous operations 072130Z to 072330Z apr vicinity 56-53N 169-46W
  16. NAVAREA XII 134/08 · Exercises2008-04-03 → 2008-04-07
    Gunnery exercises 1730Z to 1930Z daily 07 and 08 apr within 15000 yards of 56-18N 164-44W
  17. NAVAREA XII 133/08 · Other2008-04-03 → 2008-04-07
    Pyrotechnics exercises 2130Z to 2330Z daily 07 and 08 apr within 500 yards of 56-18N 164-44W
  18. NAVAREA XII 363/07 · Exercises2007-12-19 → 2007-12-21
    Gunnery operations 202200Z to 210100Z dec within five miles of 55-33N 164-49W
  19. NAVAREA XII 334/07 · Exercises2007-11-29 → 2007-12-05
    Gunnery exercise 022200Z to 050100Z dec within five miles of 52-12.0N 175-31.7W
  20. HYDROARC 4/07 · Surveys2007-09-18 → 2008-10-16
    Scientific moorings established on 15 sep: a. A2-07, 65-46.87N 168-34.07W

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