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 1138/23 · Nav aids2023-10-02 → 2023-10-03Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.00N 068-33.00W hf nbdp, dsc and r/t transmit services off air
- NAVAREA IV 950/23 · Nav aids2023-08-23 → 2023-08-24Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.80N 068-32.70W hf nbdp and dsc transmit off air
- NAVAREA IV 639/23 · Nav aids2023-06-10 → 2023-06-11Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.80N 068-32.70W hf dsc receive services off air
- HYDROARC 105/23 · Nav aids2023-06-10 → 2023-06-11Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.80N 068-32.70W hf dsc receive services off air
- NAVAREA IV 1339/22 · Nav aids2022-12-11 → 2022-12-11Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.00N 068-33.00W gmdss, dsc, nbdp and r/t facilities off air
- NAVAREA IV 1319/22 · Nav aids2022-12-07 → 2022-12-07Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.80N 068-32.70W hf services off air
- NAVAREA IV 1231/22 · Nav aids2022-11-19 → 2022-11-19Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.80N 068-32.70W gmdss, dsc, nbdp and r/t facilities off air
- HYDROARC 358/22 · Nav aids2022-11-11 → 2022-11-12Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.0N 068-33.0W hf dsc frequency 8414.5 khz receive services off air
- HYDROARC 355/22 · Nav aids2022-11-10 → 2022-11-11Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.00N 068-33.00W rt, dsc and nbdp transmit off air
- NAVAREA IV 1176/22 · Icebergs2022-11-07 → 2022-11-09North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 080001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 1173/22 · Icebergs2022-11-06 → 2022-11-08North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 070001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 1149/22 · Wrecks2022-10-29 → 2022-10-31Five meter depth reported in 64-13.12N 060-08.73W
- HYDROARC 321/22 · Nav aids2022-10-14 → 2022-10-15Mcts iqaluit centre 63-43.00N 068-33.00W hf dsc services off air
- HYDROARC 304/22 · Nav aids2022-10-06 → 2022-10-06Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.80N 068-32.70W hf dsc and nbdp transmit services off air at 061500Z oct
- NAVAREA IV 1043/22 · Nav aids2022-10-06 → 2022-10-06Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.80N 068-32.70W hf dsc and nbdp transmit services off air at 061500Z oct
- NAVAREA IV 1031/22 · Nav aids2022-10-04 → 2022-10-17Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W remote station satellite services unreliable 1857Z to 1931Z daily 10…
- HYDROARC 302/22 · Nav aids2022-10-04 → 2022-10-17Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W remote station satellite services unreliable 1857Z to 1931Z daily 10…
- HYDROARC 268/22 · Missiles2022-09-09 → 2022-09-15Missile operations 141400Z to 150800Z sep and 2100Z to 0800Z daily 15 thru 29 sep in area bound by 72-58.0N…
- HYDROARC 229/22 · Nav aids2022-08-21 → 2022-08-21Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.80N 068-32.70W mf and hf transmit and receive off air
- NAVAREA IV 576/22 · Nav aids2022-06-18 → 2022-07-18Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.80N 068-32.70W hf transmit service on 8752 khz off air
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.