Ordnance clearing operations 150500Z aug to 301900Z sep by M/V pamir: a. in area bound by 72-33.03N…
Kara Sea · HYDROARC 121/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-09-30 20:00Z
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 60/12 130805Z AUG 12.. Issued 2012-08-13 08:56Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-15 05:00Z | 2012-09-30 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
- 2012-08-13 08:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-09-30 20:00Z
- authority
- RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING WEST 60/12 130805Z AUG 12.
- issued by
- RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING WEST
- sea
- Kara Sea
- position
- 71.900, 73.186
- 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. IN AREA BOUND BY
71-51.00N 072-30.00E, 72-02.00N 072-38.00E,
71-57.00N 074-00.00E, 71-47.00N 073-27.00E.
C. IN AREA BOUND BY
72-11.85N 073-55.54E, 72-11.87N 074-06.94E,
72-03.85N 073-47.39E, 72-05.17N 073-39.29E.
D. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 72-15.07N 073-25.87E.
E. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 72-20.56N 073-39.70E.
F. WITHIN 100 METERS OF 72-25.75N 073-52.68E.
G. WITHIN 2000 METERS OF TRACKLINE JOINING
73-05.95N 072-41.00E, 72-44.30N 073-15.17E,
72-31.73N 074-07.77E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROARC 117/12.
3. 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROARC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Arctic Ocean.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
3 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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
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 2026-10-03 02:03Z; 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.