Nav aids

On 01 may NAVTEX station vardo (70-22N 031-06E) will change the B1 character from V (victor) to c (charlie)

Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 25/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-04-16 10:18Z

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 XIX 37/12 151830Z APR 12.. Issued 2012-04-15 20:52Z. 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 70.367, 31.100. 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 Barentsz Sea →

issued
2012-04-15 20:52Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XIX 37/12 151830Z APR 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Barentsz Sea
position
70.367, 31.100
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
NORWAY.
NAVTEX.
1. ON 01 MAY NAVTEX STATION VARDO (70-22N 031-06E)
   WILL CHANGE THE B1 CHARACTER FROM
   V (VICTOR) TO C (CHARLIE).
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 08 MAY.

Reading this warning

NAVTEX
An automated medium-frequency radio service that sends coastal warnings as text to a small printer or screen on board.
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.
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 · aids-to-navigation notices

4 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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22

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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M
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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

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:26Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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.