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
- HYDROLANT 1255/16 · Incidents2016-05-26 → 2016-06-05M/V, white and grey hull, one person on board, overdue nuuk (64-10.5N 051-44.3W) to nordlanet and return
- HYDROARC 67/16 · Incidents2016-05-18 → 2016-05-18Vessel, white hull, one person on board, overdue ilulisaat (69-13N 051-09W) and return
- HYDROLANT 1113/16 · Incidents2016-05-11 → 2016-05-11Person missing vicinity tuttuttooq (60-52N 046-27W) at 101200Z may
- HYDROARC 32/16 · Incidents2016-04-10 → 2016-04-10Vessel, two persons on board, overdue nanortalik (60-08N 045-14W) to alluitsup paa (60-27N 045-34W)
- HYDROARC 15/16 · Incidents2016-02-29 → 2016-02-29Vessel, white hull, two persons on board, reported stuck in ice in 67-38N 053-43W
- HYDROLANT 446/16 · Incidents2016-02-22 → 2016-02-28F/V saputi taking on water in 62-34N 058-39W
- NAVAREA IV 1044/15 · Nav aids2015-12-15 → 2015-12-15NAVTEX station iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- HYDROARC 421/15 · Nav aids2015-12-15 → 2015-12-15NAVTEX station iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 935/15 · Icebergs2015-11-04 → 2015-11-06050001Z nov iceberg limit along trackline joining 52-00N 055-50W, 51-30N 053-30W, 55-30N 054-30W, 60-00N…
- NAVAREA IV 930/15 · Icebergs2015-11-03 → 2015-11-05040001Z nov iceberg limit along trackline joining 53-00N 056-00W, 53-00N 054-00W, 55-30N 054-30W, 60-00N…
- NAVAREA IV 928/15 · Icebergs2015-11-02 → 2015-11-04030001Z nov iceberg limit along trackline joining 53-00N 056-00W, 53-00N 054-00W, 55-30N 054-30W, 60-00N…
- NAVAREA IV 926/15 · Icebergs2015-11-01 → 2015-11-03020001Z nov iceberg limit along trackline joining 53-00N 056-00W, 53-00N 054-15W, 55-00N 054-30W, 60-00N…
- NAVAREA IV 916/15 · Icebergs2015-10-30 → 2015-11-01310001Z oct iceberg limit along trackline joining 53-00N 056-00W, 53-00N 054-30W, 55-00N 054-45W, 60-00N…
- HYDROLANT 2591/15 · Incidents2015-10-17 → 2015-11-0815 foot M/V, one person on board, unreported nuuk (64-10-30N 051-44-20W) to hundeo (64-08-12N 051-46-51W)…
- HYDROARC 364/15 · Incidents2015-10-17 → 2015-11-0115 foot M/V, one person on board, unreported nuuk (64-10-30N 051-44-20W) to hundeo (64-08-12N 051-46-51W)…
- HYDROARC 319/15 · Surveys2015-09-27 → 2017-01-28Scientific moorings established: a. C1, in 66-38.478N 060-46.508W, at depth 441 meters, top float 100 meters
- NAVAREA IV 806/15 · Surveys2015-09-27 → 2017-04-07Scientific moorings established: a. C1, in 66-38.478N 060-46.508W, at depth 441 meters, top float 100 meters
- HYDROARC 318/15 · Surveys2015-09-27 → 2017-01-28Scientific moorings established: a. BI2, in 66-38.824N 061-13.386W, at depth 79 meters, top float 30 meters
- NAVAREA IV 805/15 · Surveys2015-09-27 → 2017-04-07Scientific moorings established: a. BI2, in 66-38.824N 061-13.386W, at depth 79 meters, top float 30 meters
- NAVAREA IV 796/15 · Nav aids2015-09-24 → 2015-09-29Mcts iqaluit 63-43.8N 068-32.7W dsc transmit services 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.