Ordnance

Ordnance clearing operations 150500Z aug to 301900Z sep by M/V pamir: a. in area bound by 72-33.03N…

Kara Sea · HYDROARC 117/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-08-13 08:56Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING WEST 58/12 101100Z AUG 12.. Issued 2012-08-10 11:47Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Kara Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Kara Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2012-08-15 05:00Z2012-09-30 19:00Z—1118 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2012-08-10 11:47Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-09-30 20:00Z
authority
RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING WEST 58/12 101100Z AUG 12.
issued by
RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING WEST
sea
Kara Sea
position
72.200, 73.981
vessel
M/V PAMIR · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

KARA SEA.
ORDNANCE.
1. ORDNANCE CLEARING OPERATIONS
   150500Z AUG TO 301900Z SEP BY M/V PAMIR:
   A. IN AREA BOUND BY
      72-33.03N 074-14.77E, 72-34.58N 074-21.40E,
      72-31.22N 074-27.07E, 72-30.47N 074-23.78E.
   B. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 72-15.07N 073-25.87E.
   C. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 72-20.56N 073-39.70E.
   D. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 72-25.75N 073-52.68E.
   E. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 72-51.00N 072-30.00E.
   F. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 72-02.00N 072-38.00E.
   G. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 71-57.00N 074-00.00E.
   H. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 71-47.00N 073-27.00E.
   I. WITHIN 2000 METERS OF TRACKLINE JOINING
      72-11.85N 073-55.54E, 72-11.87N 074-06.94E,
      72-03.85N 073-47.39E, 72-05.17N 073-39.29E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 302000Z SEP 12.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
Track line joining
Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

3 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

11
12

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 12:19Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.