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 666/19 · Icebergs2019-07-29 → 2019-07-31North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 300001Z jul
- NAVAREA IV 589/19 · Incidents2019-07-04 → 2019-07-19Vessel, five persons on board, requesting assistance in 64-02N 051-39W
- NAVAREA IV 514/19 · Nav aids2019-06-19 → 2019-06-19Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W mf and hf transmit services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 502/19 · Other2019-06-15 → 2019-06-15Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W remote station satellite services inoperative
- HYDROARC 100/19 · Other2019-06-15 → 2019-06-15Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W remote station satellite services inoperative
- HYDROARC 88/19 · Nav aids2019-06-04 → 2019-06-07Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W mf dsc broadcast services inoperative
- HYDROARC 87/19 · Nav aids2019-05-31 → 2019-07-11Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc services inoperative at 311300Z may 19
- HYDROARC 85/19 · Incidents2019-05-30 → 2019-06-14Vessel, one person on board, unreported aasiaat (68-42-35N 052-52-10W) to ikamiut (68-38-00N 051-49-58W)
- NAVAREA IV 447/19 · Nav aids2019-05-24 → 2019-05-24Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc services inoperative
- HYDROARC 79/19 · Nav aids2019-05-20 → 2019-05-21Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 1103/18 · Other2018-12-26 → 2019-01-11Flares sighted in vicinity ilulissat (69-13N 051-06W) and qeqertarsuaq (69-14.5N 053-32.0W) at 252317Z dec
- NAVAREA IV 1079/18 · Nav aids2018-12-18 → 2018-12-18NAVTEX station iqaluit (t) 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 1060/18 · Missiles2018-12-13 → 2018-12-20Hazardous operations, rocket launching 180001Z dec to 172359Z jan 19 in area bound by 08-32N 052-54W, 08-32N…
- HYDROARC 323/18 · Incidents2018-11-29 → 2018-12-14Vessel, white hull, four persons onboard, unreported aasiaat (68-42.58N 052-52.17W) to niaqornaarsuk…
- NAVAREA IV 1009/18 · Nav aids2018-11-26 → 2018-11-29NAVTEX station iqaluit (t) 63-43.8N 068-32.7W inoperative
- HYDROARC 319/18 · Nav aids2018-11-25 → 2018-11-25Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 923/18 · Nav aids2018-10-31 → 2018-11-01Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc services inoperative
- HYDROARC 272/18 · Nav aids2018-10-13 → 2018-10-13Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 857/18 · Nav aids2018-10-13 → 2018-10-13Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.8N 068-32.7W hf dsc services inoperative
- NAVAREA IV 788/18 · Incidents2018-09-19 → 2018-09-19Vessel, three persons on board, requesting assistance in 65-41N 053-16W
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.