Davis Strait
IHO sea area 15 · -70° to -44° E, 60° to 70° N
- in force
- 1
- last 12 months
- 5
- archive messages
- 543
- categories
- 11
What the archive shows
543 messages are recorded since 2005-07-14 for the Davis Strait. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Icebergs accounts for 207 of 543 recorded messages (38%), 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 2025-11-21 22:31ZTwenty-two ocean bottom moorings are deployed one meter above the ocean floor until further notice in Davis Strait.
In force now · 1
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By category · available archive
| Icebergs | 207 | 38% |
| Incidents | 139 | 26% |
| Nav aids | 110 | 20% |
| Other | 51 | 9% |
| Surveys | 15 | 3% |
| Cable ops | 8 | 1% |
| Missiles | 7 | 1% |
| Wrecks | 3 | 1% |
| Exercises | 1 | 0% |
| Derelicts | 1 | 0% |
| Containers | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 542 cancelled
- NAVAREA IV 724/18 · Nav aids2018-09-02 → 2018-09-02Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W dsc services inoperative
- HYDROARC 218/18 · Nav aids2018-09-02 → 2018-09-02Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W dsc services inoperative
- HYDROARC 202/18 · Nav aids2018-08-21 → 2018-08-21Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 679/18 · Nav aids2018-08-21 → 2018-08-21Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc services inoperative
- HYDROARC 193/18 · Nav aids2018-08-19 → 2018-08-21Iqaluit NAVTEX (t) 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 670/18 · Nav aids2018-08-19 → 2018-08-21Iqaluit NAVTEX (t) 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- NAVAREA XII 347/18 · Nav aids2018-08-18 → 2018-08-18Mcts centre iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf nbdp inoperative
- HYDROARC 191/18 · Nav aids2018-08-18 → 2018-08-18Mcts centre iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf nbdp inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 666/18 · Nav aids2018-08-18 → 2018-08-18Mcts centre iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf nbdp inoperative
- HYDROLANT 2595/18 · Derelicts2018-08-14 → 2018-08-31M/V drago 2000 white hull disabled in vicinity sermitsiaq (64-18-14N 051-31-28W)
- HYDROARC 173/18 · Nav aids2018-08-07 → 2018-08-10Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W dsc services inoperative
- HYDROARC 171/18 · Nav aids2018-08-04 → 2018-08-04Mcts centre iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc r/t and nbdp station inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 620/18 · Nav aids2018-08-04 → 2018-08-04Mcts centre iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc r/t and nbdp station inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 602/18 · Incidents2018-07-29 → 2018-07-29Vessel, grey and white hull, three persons onboard, unreported
- NAVAREA IV 600/18 · Incidents2018-07-28 → 2018-08-17M/V, white hull, one person on board, overdue qaqortoq (60-43-20N 046-02-25W) to narsaq (60-54-44N 046-02-55W)
- NAVAREA IV 531/18 · Incidents2018-07-05 → 2018-07-2016 foot vessel draco, blue hull, one person onboard unreported from kangerluarsuk (67-00N 050-41W)
- NAVAREA IV 522/18 · Incidents2018-07-01 → 2018-07-01M/V togo, 14 persons on board, requesting assistance in 68-23.50N 053-45.17W
- NAVAREA IV 499/18 · Incidents2018-06-23 → 2018-07-20Distress signal received from vessel, two persons on board, in vicinity maniitsoq (65-25-00N 052-53-59W)
- HYDROARC 104/18 · Nav aids2018-06-04 → 2018-06-05Mcts centre iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc station inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 453/18 · Nav aids2018-06-04 → 2018-06-05Mcts centre iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc station inoperative
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.