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 719/20 · Icebergs2020-08-06 → 2020-08-08North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 070001Z aug
- NAVAREA IV 710/20 · Icebergs2020-08-05 → 2020-08-07North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 060001Z aug
- NAVAREA IV 707/20 · Icebergs2020-08-04 → 2020-08-06North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 050001Z aug
- NAVAREA IV 700/20 · Icebergs2020-08-03 → 2020-08-05North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 040001Z aug
- NAVAREA IV 695/20 · Icebergs2020-08-02 → 2020-08-04North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 030001Z aug
- NAVAREA IV 686/20 · Icebergs2020-08-01 → 2020-08-03North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 020001Z aug
- NAVAREA IV 680/20 · Icebergs2020-07-31 → 2020-08-02North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 010001Z aug
- NAVAREA IV 674/20 · Icebergs2020-07-30 → 2020-08-01North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 310001Z jul
- NAVAREA IV 668/20 · Icebergs2020-07-29 → 2020-07-31North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 300001Z jul
- HYDROARC 319/19 · Other2019-12-19 → 2019-12-27Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W discontinued for season at 201400Z dec
- NAVAREA IV 1094/19 · Other2019-12-19 → 2019-12-20Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W discontinued for season at 201400Z dec
- HYDROARC 317/19 · Missiles2019-12-14 → 2019-12-30Hazardous operations, space debris 0903Z to 1020Z daily 17 thru 30 dec in area bound by 70-35N 063-46W,…
- HYDROARC 314/19 · Missiles2019-12-11 → 2019-12-24Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0900Z to 1020Z daily 17 thru 24 dec in area bound by: 70-35N 063-46W,…
- NAVAREA IV 1026/19 · Nav aids2019-11-24 → 2019-11-24Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W r/t, hf dsc and nbdp services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 1015/19 · Icebergs2019-11-21 → 2019-11-23North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 220001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 1012/19 · Icebergs2019-11-20 → 2019-11-22North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 210001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 1011/19 · Icebergs2019-11-19 → 2019-11-21North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 200001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 995/19 · Icebergs2019-11-14 → 2019-11-16North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 150001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 992/19 · Icebergs2019-11-13 → 2019-11-15North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 140001Z nov
- NAVAREA IV 989/19 · Icebergs2019-11-12 → 2019-11-14North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 130001Z nov
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.