Bering Sea
IHO sea area 55 · -180° to 180° E, 51° to 67° N
- in force
- 4
- last 12 months
- 19
- archive messages
- 626
- categories
- 15
What the archive shows
626 messages are recorded since 1979-11-08 for the Bering Sea. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Spills accounts for 166 of 626 recorded messages (27%), 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.
- An older warning still listed in force · issued 2025-06-10 06:19ZIn the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
In force now · 4
- HYDROPAC 2700/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Russia establishes a scientific mooring at seven metres depth in Bering Strait at 66-19.59N 168-57.01W, cancelling a previous warning.
- NAVAREA XII 639/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Scientific moorings at 15 meters depth are established in the Bering Strait, Alaska, at two locations, and a previous warning is cancelled.
- NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
- NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
Longest in force
- NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
- NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
- HYDROPAC 2700/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Russia establishes a scientific mooring at seven metres depth in Bering Strait at 66-19.59N 168-57.01W, cancelling a previous warning.
- NAVAREA XII 639/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Scientific moorings at 15 meters depth are established in the Bering Strait, Alaska, at two locations, and a previous warning is cancelled.
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By category · available archive
| Spills | 166 | 27% |
| Exercises | 162 | 26% |
| Quakes | 127 | 20% |
| Nav aids | 54 | 9% |
| Other | 40 | 6% |
| Surveys | 27 | 4% |
| Incidents | 26 | 4% |
| Cable ops | 9 | 1% |
| Derelicts | 6 | 1% |
| Missiles | 3 | 0% |
| Debris | 2 | 0% |
| Towing | 1 | 0% |
| Wrecks | 1 | 0% |
| Containers | 1 | 0% |
| Mines | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 622 cancelled
- NAVAREA XII 64/03 · Exercises2003-03-05 → 2003-03-07Hazardous operations 062200Z to 070030Z mar within 500 yards of 55-10N 164-30W
- HYDROPAC 1233/02 · Exercises2002-07-01 → 2002-07-02Hazardous operations 012200Z to 020200Z jul within ten miles of 61-20N 177-00W
- NAVAREA XII 198/02 · Exercises2002-06-30 → 2002-07-02Hazardous operations 012200Z to 020200Z jul within ten miles of 61-20N 177-00W
- HYDROPAC 711/02 · Exercises2002-04-17 → 2002-04-18Hazardous operations 181800Z to 181900Z apr within six miles of 56-20N 167-30W
- NAVAREA XII 105/02 · Exercises2002-04-17 → 2002-04-18Hazardous operations 181800Z to 181900Z apr within six miles of 56-20N 167-30W
- USGS-USP000ASTG · Quakes2001-11-13 → 2001-11-16196 km wnw of attu station, alaska
- NAVAREA XII 212/01 · Other2001-08-03 → 2002-01-25Depth, 18 fathoms, reported in 52-13.5N 176-07.5E
- USGS-USP000AKRU · Quakes2001-08-02 → 2001-08-0581 km e of ust’-kamchatsk staryy, russia
- HYDROPAC 1240/01 · Nav aids2001-08-02 → 2002-05-03Yuzhno glubokiy 60-12.9N 166-51.4E and lavrova 60-19.3N 167-04.9E radiobeacons off air
- HYDROPAC 680/01 · Nav aids2001-05-04 → 2001-05-14Afrika light 56-11.0N 163-21.2E unlit
- HYDROPAC 481/01 · Nav aids2001-03-30 → 2001-05-04Afrika light 56-11.0N 163-21.2E unlit and radiobeacon off air
- HYDROPAC 428/01 · Nav aids2001-03-20 → 2001-03-23Afrika light 56-11.0N 163-21.2E unlit
- USGS-USP000A5EV · Quakes2000-12-03 → 2000-12-06107 km wsw of adak, alaska
- HYDROPAC 1579/00 · Incidents2000-10-27 → 2000-12-08Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 59-34N 165-09E
- HYDROPAC 1084/00 · Incidents2000-07-23 → 2000-07-23Distress signal received from F/V spitak in 61-53.5N 177-45.2W at 230020Z jul
- USGS-USP0009W00 · Quakes2000-07-07 → 2000-07-10240 km wsw of adak, alaska
- NOAAORR-7495 · Spills2000-05-31 → 2000-06-14MV arctic wind; dutch harbor, unalaska island, aleutian island chain
- NOAAORR-7489 · Spills2000-04-19 → 2000-05-03Sweeper cove, adak island, aleutian islands
- NOAAORR-7467 · Spills2000-02-11 → 2000-02-25Unimak island, alaska
- USGS-USP0009MD7 · Quakes2000-01-20 → 2000-01-2380 km nnw of nelson lagoon, alaska
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.