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 397/18 · Nav aids2018-05-17 → 2018-05-17Mcts centre iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc station inoperative
- HYDROARC 78/18 · Nav aids2018-05-17 → 2018-05-18Mcts centre iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc station inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 396/18 · Nav aids2018-05-17 → 2018-07-18NAVTEX station iqaluit (t) 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- HYDROARC 74/18 · Nav aids2018-05-16 → 2018-06-08NAVTEX station iqaluit (t) 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 302/18 · Incidents2018-04-14 → 2018-04-15Vessel, two persons on board, unreported nuuk (64-10.5N 051-44.3W) to qeqertarsuatsiaat (63-05.3N 050-40.7W)
- HYDROLANT 1117/18 · Incidents2018-04-06 → 2018-04-06Vessel, white and blue hull, one person on board, unreported from narsaq (60-54-44N 046-02-55W)
- HYDROARC 1/18 · Incidents2018-01-01 → 2018-01-01Distress signal received from 15 foot M/V, one persons on board, between ilulissat (69-13-00N 051-06-00W)…
- HYDROARC 418/17 · Other2017-12-16 → 2018-01-01Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.8N 068-32.7W discontinued for season at 210001Z dec
- NAVAREA IV 1178/17 · Other2017-12-16 → 2018-01-01Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.8N 068-32.7W discontinued for season at 210001Z dec
- NAVAREA IV 1126/17 · Nav aids2017-12-03 → 2017-12-03Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc, nbdp and rt transmit services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 1109/17 · Nav aids2017-11-26 → 2017-11-26Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc, nbdp and rt transmit services inoperative
- HYDROARC 393/17 · Nav aids2017-11-21 → 2017-11-21Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.8N 068-32.7W nbdp and dsc services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 1093/17 · Nav aids2017-11-21 → 2017-11-21Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.8N 068-32.7W nbdp and dsc services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 1069/17 · Icebergs2017-11-11 → 2017-11-13North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 120001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 1063/17 · Icebergs2017-11-09 → 2017-11-11North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 100001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 1059/17 · Icebergs2017-11-08 → 2017-11-10North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 090001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 1056/17 · Icebergs2017-11-07 → 2017-11-09North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 080001Z nov
- HYDROARC 367/17 · Incidents2017-11-02 → 2017-11-17M/V, white hull, two persons on board, unreported kitsissuarsuit (68-51-25N 053-07-15W) to aasiaat…
- NAVAREA IV 1029/17 · Incidents2017-11-01 → 2017-11-0125 foot M/V laura, one person on board, overdue evighedsfjorden (64-05-38N 051-47-20W) to tasuisaq…
- NAVAREA IV 1028/17 · Icebergs2017-10-31 → 2017-11-02North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 010001Z nov
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.