Survey operations are underway in the Kara Sea, Russia, until September 30, wide berth requested.
Kara Sea · HYDROARC 152/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-08 17:45Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-07-30 11:19Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-08 18:17Z. 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.
- issued
- 2026-07-30 11:19Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-01 00:01Z
- sea
- Kara Sea
- position
- 67.017, 72.833
- nearest port
- Amderma · 298 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
KARA SEA. RUSSIA. 1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 30 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 66-54.00N 071-46.62E, 67-16.08N 072-23.60E, 67-22.60N 072-33.75E, 67-30.78N 072-47.65E, 67-28.55N 074-03.39E, 66-52.09N 073-30.39E, 66-20.86N 072-08.89E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010001Z OCT 26.
Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
7 within 180 nm since 2014 · 3 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.
- Scientific moorings reported in: a. 67-17.87N 072-40.37E2026-09-07
- Survey operations 14 jul 26 until further notice by M/V akvamarin towing 1000 meter long cable in area bound…2026-07-10
- Survey operations 05 aug until further notice by M/V professor rjabinkin in area bound by 67-30.44N…2021-08-04
- Survey operations in progress until 01 sep by M/V nikolay chudotvorets towing 370 meter long cable in area…2020-08-09
- Hydrographic survey 14 thru 20 jul by M/V nikolay evgenov in areas bound by: a. 68-26.6N 073-49.4E, 68-26.6N…2016-07-12
- Hydrographic survey in progress until 15 oct by M/V baskunchaksky in area bound by 69-56.7N 073-44.8E,…2014-07-25
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
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:28Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey 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.