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 248/14 · Incidents2014-09-26 → 2014-10-2623 foot vessel miss america, white hull, two persons on board, overdue narsalik (61-37.2N 049-21.0W) to…
- NAVAREA IV 787/14 · Icebergs2014-09-21 → 2014-09-24Icebergs sighted in: a. 63-41.1N 062-31.6W
- HYDROLANT 2253/14 · Incidents2014-09-17 → 2014-09-17Vessel bula atammik, white hull, three persons on board, overdue atammik (64-48-13N 052-10-35W) to maniitsoq…
- HYDROLANT 2225/14 · Incidents2014-09-14 → 2014-09-14Vessel, white and blue hull, two persons on board, overdue isortoq (65-28N 052-10W) to maniitsoq (65-25N…
- HYDROLANT 2110/14 · Incidents2014-09-01 → 2014-09-01Vessel malik, three persons on board, requesting assistance in 60-56N 047-59W at 011605Z sep
- HYDROARC 187/14 · Incidents2014-08-22 → 2014-08-22F/V, red and white hull, one person on board, unreported
- HYDROLANT 1907/14 · Incidents2014-08-09 → 2014-08-10Vessel, white hull with red stripe, one person on board, overdue sisimiut (66-56N 053-40W) to maniitsoq…
- HYDROARC 156/14 · Other2014-07-31 → 2014-08-10Red flares sighted vicinity 64-10N 051-44W
- NAVAREA IV 569/14 · Icebergs2014-07-23 → 2014-07-26Iceberg reported vicinity 62-36N 060-50W at 231415Z jul
- NAVAREA IV 538/14 · Icebergs2014-07-15 → 2014-07-18Icebergs reported vicinity 60-15N 061-11W at 151600Z jul
- HYDROARC 95/14 · Incidents2014-07-02 → 2014-07-1316 foot M/V, white and blue hull, two persons on board, overdue sisimiut (66-56N 053-40W) to iginniarfik…
- HYDROLANT 1586/14 · Incidents2014-06-28 → 2014-06-2823 foot M/V, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble vicinity 62-33.04N 050-20.51W
- HYDROLANT 1549/14 · Incidents2014-06-25 → 2014-06-25Vessel, white hull, four persons on board, unreported kangaamiut (65-49-30N 053-20-15W) to maniitsoq…
- NAVAREA IV 469/14 · Icebergs2014-06-22 → 2014-06-2512 icebergs reported vicinity 62-28N 060-26W at 221415Z jun
- NAVAREA IV 465/14 · Icebergs2014-06-21 → 2014-06-24Iceberg sighted in 60-30N 056-12W at 210700Z jun
- HYDROLANT 1257/14 · Incidents2014-05-17 → 2014-05-17Vessel, white hull, four persons on board, overdue to ilulissat (69-13N 051-06W)
- HYDROARC 28/14 · Incidents2014-04-13 → 2014-04-13M/V poca 500, five persons on board, unreported vicinity ilulissat (69-13N 051-06W)
- HYDROARC 27/14 · Incidents2014-04-13 → 2014-04-13M/V poca 500, five persons on board, unreported vicinity ilulissat (69-13N 051-06W)
- HYDROLANT 352/14 · Incidents2014-02-04 → 2014-02-07M/V, white hull, one person on board, overdue nanortalik (60-08.5N 045-14.6W) to tasiusaq (60-11.6N…
- HYDROLANT 316/14 · Other2014-02-02 → 2014-02-08Red flare sighted vicinity sisimiut harbor (66-56.3N 053-40.3W)
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.