Surveys

Scientific mooring, top float three meters above sea floor, established in 68-48.92N 105-06.56W

The Northwestern Passages · HYDROARC 232/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-08-26 13:38Z

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) · NAVAREA XVIII 76/22 220500Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-22 05:58Z. 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
The Northwestern Passages. The parsed report position is 68.815, -105.109. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the The Northwestern Passages →

issued
2022-08-22 05:58Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XVIII 76/22 220500Z AUG 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XVIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
The Northwestern Passages
position
68.815, -105.109
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

QUEEN MAUD GULF.
CANADA.
DNC 28.
SCIENTIFIC MOORING, TOP FLOAT THREE METERS ABOVE
SEA FLOOR, ESTABLISHED IN 68-48.92N 105-06.56W.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Scientific mooring
Instruments anchored to the seabed and held up by floats, sometimes just below the surface, left for months to measure the ocean.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

22 within 180 nm since 2008 · 5 in the last 12 months · 3 listed in force now

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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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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 09:33Z; 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.