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
- HYDROARC 286/16 · Nav aids2016-10-06 → 2016-10-18Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.8N 068-32.7W remote stations satellite services unreliable 1900Z to 1935Z daily 08…
- HYDROLANT 2363/16 · Incidents2016-09-11 → 2016-10-05Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 63-57.3N 051-26.9W at 111710Z sep
- NAVAREA IV 731/16 · Nav aids2016-08-31 → 2016-10-17NAVTEX station iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W unreliable
- HYDROARC 199/16 · Nav aids2016-08-31 → 2016-10-17NAVTEX station iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W unreliable
- HYDROARC 192/16 · Incidents2016-08-29 → 2016-08-29M/V le boreal, 385 persons on board, overdue to eqi (69-13N 51-05W)
- NAVAREA IV 713/16 · Other2016-08-29 → 2016-12-21Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W radiofacsimile frequency 7710 khz inoperative
- HYDROARC 191/16 · Other2016-08-28 → 2016-12-21Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W radiofacsimile frequency 7710 khz inoperative
- HYDROLANT 2064/16 · Other2016-08-14 → 2016-08-14Orange flare sighted vicinity 64-08N 051-44W at 141840Z aug
- HYDROLANT 1866/16 · Incidents2016-07-23 → 2016-07-23M/V alaa, white hull, two persons on board, unreported sisimiut (66-56N 053-40W) to maniitsoq (65-25N 052-54W)
- NAVAREA IV 595/16 · Nav aids2016-07-21 → 2016-08-31NAVTEX station iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- HYDROARC 141/16 · Nav aids2016-07-21 → 2016-08-31NAVTEX station iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 475/16 · Other2016-06-16 → 2016-07-30Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W radiofacsimile frequency 3253 khz inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 474/16 · Nav aids2016-06-16 → 2016-06-21NAVTEX station iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 473/16 · Nav aids2016-06-16 → 2016-06-27Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W dsc and r/t services inoperative
- HYDROARC 101/16 · Other2016-06-16 → 2016-07-30Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W radiofacsimile frequency 3253 khz inoperative
- HYDROARC 100/16 · Nav aids2016-06-16 → 2016-06-21NAVTEX station iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- HYDROARC 99/16 · Nav aids2016-06-16 → 2016-06-27Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W dsc and r/t services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 470/16 · Nav aids2016-06-16 → 2016-06-16Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W NAVTEX, dsc, r/t and radiofacsimile services inoperative
- HYDROARC 96/16 · Nav aids2016-06-16 → 2016-06-16Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W NAVTEX, dsc, r/t and radiofacsimile services inoperative
- HYDROLANT 1260/16 · Other2016-05-26 → 2016-05-29Red flare sighted vicinity kangeq (64-06N 052-03W) vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout,…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.