Kara Sea
IHO sea area 9 · 55° to 108° E, 64° to 81° N
- in force
- 0
- last 12 months
- 14
- archive messages
- 336
- categories
- 15
What the archive shows
336 messages are recorded since 2009-04-08 for the Kara Sea. 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 94 of 336 recorded messages (28%), 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.
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By year
By month (all years)
By category · available archive
| Icebergs | 94 | 28% |
| Surveys | 86 | 26% |
| Cable ops | 38 | 11% |
| Missiles | 36 | 11% |
| Wrecks | 21 | 6% |
| Nav aids | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 4% |
| Exercises | 10 | 3% |
| Derelicts | 7 | 2% |
| Debris | 3 | 1% |
| Ordnance | 3 | 1% |
| Restricted | 2 | 1% |
| Towing | 1 | 0% |
| Incidents | 1 | 0% |
| Mines | 1 | 0% |
Ports on this sea · 3
Busiest first by annual vessel calls (IMF PortWatch); each port page shows the warnings within 60 nm, its World Port Index profile and monthly port calls.
- Sabetta · Russian Federation15 archived
- Dudinka · Russian Federation1 archived
- Utrenny LNG terminal · Russian Federation14 archived
Archive · 336 cancelled
- HYDROARC 239/26 · Wrecks2026-09-16 → 2026-09-16A dangerous wreck lies in the Kara Sea off Russia at 70-58.65N 073-52.21E.
- HYDROARC 234/26 · Icebergs2026-09-14 → 2026-09-14Icebergs are reported on 14 September along a trackline in the Kara Sea and Laptev Sea near Russia, joining 77-37.40N 095-28.00E and 77-31.70N 112-12.50E.
- HYDROARC 218/26 · Surveys2026-09-07 → 2026-09-08Scientific moorings are reported at positions 67-17.87N 072-40.37E and 67-20.38N 072-46.96E in the Kara Sea, Russia; wide berth requested.
- HYDROARC 204/26 · Wrecks2026-09-02 → 2026-09-02A depth of 9.8 meters is reported at 68-35.51N 073-54.19E in the Kara Sea, Russia.
- HYDROARC 200/26 · Icebergs2026-09-01 → 2026-09-01Icebergs reported in Kara Sea, Russia, on 1 September at 1145Z at 77-44.40N 097-30.50E, 77-46.30N 097-56.00E, and 77-50.30N 098-22.30E; message cancels on 2 September 2026 at 1311Z.
- HYDROARC 195/26 · Wrecks2026-08-31 → 2026-08-31Depths reported: a. 14.3 meters in 70-14.06N 082-44.52E
- HYDROARC 189/26 · Wrecks2026-08-26 → 2026-09-08Shallow depths are reported at multiple positions in the Kara Sea, Russia, ranging from 8.0 to 10.5 meters.
- HYDROARC 188/26 · Wrecks2026-08-26 → 2026-09-08Depths ranging from 7.2 to 10.5 meters reported at multiple positions in the Kara Sea, Russia.
- HYDROARC 187/26 · Wrecks2026-08-26 → 2026-09-08Depths are reported in Kara Sea, Russia, ranging from 6.4 to 12.3 meters at five positions, canceling previous warning.
- HYDROARC 181/26 · Icebergs2026-08-21 → 2026-08-19An iceberg is reported in the Laptev Sea, Russia, at 78-00.90N 105-01.70E on August 21 at 1108.
- HYDROARC 180/26 · Wrecks2026-08-21 → 2026-08-19Depths of 5.5 meters at 73-02.72N 080-34.31E and 5.7 meters at 73-02.48N 080-33.76E are reported in the Kara Sea, Russia.
- HYDROARC 152/26 · Surveys2026-07-30 → 2026-09-08Survey operations are underway in the Kara Sea, Russia, until September 30, wide berth requested.
- HYDROARC 149/26 · Other2026-07-26 → 2026-09-08A tide gauge is established at 15 meters depth in Kara Sea, Russia at 73-08.24N 080-26.79E, wide berth requested.
- HYDROARC 126/26 · Surveys2026-07-10 → 2026-08-28In Kara Sea, Russia, survey operations by vessel Akvamarin towing 1000-meter cable from July 14 2026 until further notice; two-mile berth requested.
- HYDROARC 47/24 · Icebergs2024-04-01 → 2024-04-04Iceberg fragments reported in 77-16.30N 069-04.00E at 011110Z apr
- HYDROARC 46/24 · Icebergs2024-04-01 → 2024-04-04Iceberg fragments reported in 76-53.10N 070-28.00E at 010915Z apr
- HYDROARC 45/24 · Other2024-03-31 → 2024-04-03Drifting ice field, 270 meter diameter reported in 73-39.70N 071-27.50E at 310845Z mar
- HYDROARC 41/24 · Missiles2024-03-28 → 2024-04-09Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0001Z to 2359Z daily 02 thru 10 apr in area bound by 71-55.00N…
- HYDROARC 33/24 · Icebergs2024-03-15 → 2024-03-18Iceberg reported in 76-22.90N 070-19.30E at 150750Z mar
- HYDROARC 17/24 · Surveys2024-02-15 → 2024-02-16Underwater operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 69-46.45N 085-04.70E, 69-46.54N…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.