Underwater operations in progress until further notice in vicinity: a. 69-13.91N 057-09.47E
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 246/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-01-15 17:50Z
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 XX 135/20 191729Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-19 17:36Z. 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
- Barentsz Sea. The parsed report position is 69.265, 57.290. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice in vicinity: a. 69-13.91N 057-09.47Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2020-10-19 17:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 135/20 191729Z OCT 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 69.265, 57.290
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BARENTS SEA. RUSSIA. DNC 22. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN VICINITY: A. 69-13.91N 057-09.47E. B. 69-17.84N 057-25.33E. ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
27 within 180 nm since 2014 · 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.
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ivan petrov and M/V ivan kireev in area bound by…2023-11-07
- Survey operations 18 jul thru 30 aug by M/V academic primakov towing ten 6500 meter long cables in area…2022-07-07
- Survey operations in progress until 30 nov by M/V academic primakov towing ten 6500 meter long cables in…2021-10-11
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice in vicinity: a. 69-13.91N 057-09.47E2021-01-15
- Survey operations 13 thru 25 oct by M/V academic lazarev towing 6400 meter long cable in area bound by…2020-10-12
- Survey operations 15 jun thru 31 oct by M/V academic nemchinov towing four 5400 meter long cables in area…2020-06-12
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
50 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:11Z; 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.