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%
Debris10%
Towing10%
Containers10%
Wrecks10%
Mines10%

Archive · 298 cancelled

  1. NAVAREA XII 159/16 · Exercises2016-05-24 → 2016-05-25
    Gunnery exercises 261400Z to 280001Z may within eight miles of 53-08N 176-46E
  2. NAVAREA XII 153/16 · Exercises2016-05-19 → 2016-05-23
    Gunnery exercises 221700Z to 230100Z may within 12 miles of 52-42N 178-50W
  3. NAVAREA XII 141/16 · Exercises2016-05-11 → 2016-05-11
    Gunnery exercises 111700Z to 111900Z may within five miles of 55-37.0N 168-43.2W
  4. NAVAREA XII 140/16 · Exercises2016-05-10 → 2016-05-11
    Gunnery exercises 111700Z to 111900Z may within five miles of 55-37.0N 168-43.2W
  5. NAVAREA XII 89/16 · Other2016-03-26 → 2016-03-27
    Pyrotechnics exercises 270200Z to 270600Z mar within 16 miles of 53-09N 170-22W
  6. NAVAREA XII 321/15 · Exercises2015-09-16 → 2015-09-17
    Gunnery exercises in progress until 170540Z sep within 16 miles of 55-48N 168-25W
  7. NAVAREA XII 320/15 · Exercises2015-09-16 → 2015-09-17
    Gunnery exercises 171800Z to 180540Z sep within 16 miles of 55-48N 168-25W
  8. NAVAREA XII 317/15 · Exercises2015-09-15 → 2015-09-17
    Gunnery exercises 161800Z to 170540Z sep, alternate 171800Z to 180540Z sep, within 16 miles of 55-16N 168-25W
  9. HYDROPAC 2908/15 · Nav aids2015-09-03 → 2015-11-03
    Mys navarin light 62-22.2N 179-09.6E unlit
  10. NAVAREA XII 285/15 · Exercises2015-08-20 → 2015-08-26
    Gunnery exercise 261800Z to 262200Z aug in area bound by 56-00.0N 170-00.0W, 56-00.0N 168-00.0W, 55-00.0N…
  11. NAVAREA XII 239/15 · Exercises2015-07-16 → 2015-07-19
    Gunnery exercises 182200Z to 190200Z jul within 12000 yards of 55-39N 168-39W
  12. NAVAREA XII 237/15 · Exercises2015-07-16 → 2015-07-19
    Gunnery exercises 182200Z to 190200Z jul in area bound by 56-00.0N 170-00.0W, 56-00.0N 168-00.0W, 55-00.0N…
  13. HYDROARC 164/15 · Surveys2015-07-06 → 2016-07-10
    Scientific moorings established: a. A3-15, 66-19.60N 168-57.04W at 58 meters, top float 15 meters
  14. HYDROPAC 2111/15 · Missiles2015-06-25 → 2015-07-02
    Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0500Z commencing daily 29 jun thru 01 jul in area bound by 54-42-12N…
  15. NAVAREA XII 121/15 · Exercises2015-04-01 → 2015-04-02
    Gunnery exercises 012100Z to 012300Z apr within five miles of 55-16N 168-29W
  16. HYDROPAC 838/15 · Derelicts2015-03-10 → 2015-03-11
    F/V scandies rose disabled and adrift vicinity 56-08N 167-07W
  17. NAVAREA XII 464/14 · Other2014-12-02 → 2014-12-05
    Noaa buoy 46070 adrift in 54-59-56N 175-26-15E at 020730Z dec
  18. NAVAREA XII 447/14 · Exercises2014-11-21 → 2014-11-25
    Gunnery exercises 242200Z to 250200Z nov within 16 miles of 55-19N 168-30W
  19. NAVAREA XII 432/14 · Exercises2014-11-14 → 2014-11-18
    Gunnery exercises 172200Z to 180200Z nov within 15 miles of: a. 56-37N 167-50W
  20. HYDROPAC 2953/14 · Nav aids2014-10-05 → 2014-11-08
    Lights unlit: 1. skrytyy 60-26.6N 166-09.4E

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