Norwegian Sea
IHO sea area 6 · -14° to 26° E, 61° to 77° N
- in force
- 1
- last 12 months
- 13
- archive messages
- 497
- categories
- 15
What the archive shows
497 messages are recorded since 1999-04-21 for the Norwegian 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.
Cable ops accounts for 134 of 497 recorded messages (27%), 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 2026-08-28 09:28ZSurvey operations in Norwegian Sea by Amazon Conqueror towing twelve 10,000-meter cables, seven mile berth requested.
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| Cable ops | 134 | 27% |
| Surveys | 109 | 22% |
| Missiles | 85 | 17% |
| Exercises | 62 | 12% |
| Nav aids | 31 | 6% |
| Quakes | 17 | 3% |
| Ordnance | 13 | 3% |
| Debris | 12 | 2% |
| Other | 12 | 2% |
| Containers | 9 | 2% |
| Incidents | 6 | 1% |
| Restricted | 4 | 1% |
| Mines | 1 | 0% |
| Derelicts | 1 | 0% |
| Icebergs | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 496 cancelled
- HYDROLANT 277/07 · Exercises2007-02-20 → 2007-03-03Hazardous operations 260001Z feb to 022359Z mar in area bound by 69-53N 013-07E, 69-10N 014-49E, 69-36N…
- HYDROLANT 1722/06 · Exercises2006-09-21 → 2006-09-25Hazardous operations in progress thru 24 sep within 40 miles of 69-53N 015-00E
- HYDROLANT 1681/06 · Exercises2006-09-13 → 2006-09-25Hazardous operations 13 thru 24 sep
- HYDROLANT 1441/06 · Exercises2006-08-03 → 2006-08-13Hazardous operations in progress thru 12 aug within five miles of 69-17.7N 016-01.2E
- HYDROLANT 1400/06 · Cable ops2006-07-28 → 2006-08-24Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geolog dmitriy nalivkin towing 9000 meter long cable…
- HYDROLANT 1365/06 · Cable ops2006-07-21 → 2006-09-06Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V western monarch towing ten three mile long cables in…
- HYDROLANT 1030/06 · Exercises2006-05-28 → 2006-06-04Hazardous operations 29 may thru 03 jun in area bound by 69-01.0N 015-27.5E, 69-01.0N 014-32.0E, 69-29.0N…
- HYDROLANT 580/06 · Other2006-03-23 → 2006-06-07Pipelaying operations in progress until further notice by M/V laybarge 200 along trackline joining 58-22N…
- HYDROLANT 402/06 · Exercises2006-02-26 → 2006-03-04Hazardous operations 0800Z to 2000Z daily 27 feb thru 04 mar in area bound by 69-17.1N 016-10.5E, 69-25.0N…
- HYDROLANT 1934/05 · Other2005-10-23 → 2005-11-13Hazardous operatoins 24 oct thru 12 nov in area bound by 69-44N 012-51E, 71-41N 009-20E, 72-38N 016-02E,…
- HYDROLANT 1897/05 · Exercises2005-10-17 → 2005-10-23Hazardous operations 18 thru 22 oct in area bound by 69-01N 015-28E, 69-01N 014-32E, 69-29N 014-32E, 69-29N…
- HYDROLANT 1372/05 · Cable ops2005-07-28 → 2005-08-31Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V northern explorer towing 4.6 mile long cable in area…
- HYDROLANT 1365/05 · Restricted2005-07-27 → 2005-08-01Navigation prohibited until further notice within 1000 meters of 61-02.77N 001-45.43E
- USGS-USP000DVWR · Quakes2005-07-25 → 2005-07-2851 km ene of olonkinbyen, svalbard and jan mayen
- HYDROLANT 539/05 · Debris2005-03-24 → 2005-03-26Fishing nets marked by buoy floats adrift in 61-07.0N 001-49.4E
- HYDROLANT 1924/04 · Exercises2004-12-01 → 2004-12-23Hazardous operations 04 thru 22 dec within 76 miles of 70-23N 015-13E
- HYDROLANT 1241/04 · Incidents2004-07-24 → 2004-09-08Vessel, two persons on board, in need of assistance in 63-16.2N 000-30.1W
- HYDROLANT 1068/04 · Cable ops2004-06-24 → 2004-07-27Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V ramform valiant towing ten 3000 meter long cables in…
- USGS-USP000CSGU · Quakes2004-04-14 → 2004-04-1738 km ene of olonkinbyen, svalbard and jan mayen
- HYDROLANT 1407/03 · Ordnance2003-07-22 → 2003-07-28Underwater ordnance detonation in progress until further notice in 61-04.1N 001-25.4E
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.