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.
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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 697/17 · Icebergs2017-08-18 → 2017-08-21Icebergs reported at 170723Z aug in: a. 62-07.6N 064-55.6W
- NAVAREA IV 692/17 · Icebergs2017-08-16 → 2017-08-19Icebergs reported at 160436Z aug in: a. 62-05.9N 064-55.1W
- HYDROARC 204/17 · Cable ops2017-08-09 → 2017-10-16Cable operations by cableship ile de sein: a. 11 thru 14 aug along trackline joining 64-25.6N 052-46.2W,…
- NAVAREA IV 670/17 · Cable ops2017-08-09 → 2017-10-16Cable operations by cableship ile de sein: a. 11 thru 14 aug along trackline joining 64-25.6N 052-46.2W,…
- NAVAREA IV 648/17 · Icebergs2017-08-04 → 2017-08-07Icebergs sighted in: a. 61-45.9N 063-43.5W
- HYDROARC 143/17 · Incidents2017-07-14 → 2017-08-04Vessel aarluk, white hull, two persons on board, unreported aasiaat (68-42-35N 052-52-10W) to kitsissuarsuit…
- HYDROARC 136/17 · Incidents2017-07-10 → 2017-07-1019 foot vessel, two persons on board, overdue ilulissat (69-13N 051-06W) to uummannaq (70-40N 052-08W)
- HYDROARC 126/17 · Incidents2017-07-06 → 2017-07-0623 foot vessel, five persons on board, unreported attu (67-56-26N 053-37-22W) to maniitsoq (65-25-00N…
- HYDROLANT 2083/17 · Incidents2017-07-06 → 2017-07-0623 foot vessel, five persons on board, unreported attu (67-56-26N 053-37-22W) to maniitsoq (65-25-00N…
- NAVAREA IV 539/17 · Incidents2017-06-26 → 2017-07-14Vessel, one person onboard, unreported
- NAVAREA IV 502/17 · Nav aids2017-06-15 → 2017-12-21NAVTEX station iqaluit (t) 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- HYDROARC 104/17 · Nav aids2017-06-15 → 2017-12-13NAVTEX station iqaluit (t) 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 396/17 · Other2017-05-15 → 2017-06-23Control of nordreg canada transferred to mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W
- HYDROARC 79/17 · Other2017-05-15 → 2017-06-23Control of nordreg canada transferred to mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W
- HYDROLANT 1440/17 · Incidents2017-05-06 → 2017-05-10M/V, two persons on board, overdue saarloq (60-32N 046-01W) and return
- HYDROARC 47/17 · Incidents2017-03-31 → 2017-03-3119 foot M/V, one person on board, unreported
- HYDROLANT 797/17 · Incidents2017-03-11 → 2017-03-31M/V, orange hull, one person on board, unreported eqalugaasuit (60-37N 045-54W) to qaqortoq (60-43N 046-02W)
- HYDROLANT 714/17 · Other2017-03-04 → 2017-03-05Red flare sighted in vicinity 64-10N 051-47W
- HYDROARC 20/17 · Incidents2017-02-12 → 2017-02-15Derelict vessel aqqu and liferaft adrift in 68-52.22N 052-04.69W
- HYDROARC 18/17 · Incidents2017-02-11 → 2017-02-12Two persons from vessel aqqu abandoned ship in liferaft in 68-52.22N 052-04.69W
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.