Nav aids

Semi-submerged anchorage buoys established in: a. 70-40-00N 040-10-21E

Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 257/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-03-25 11:51Z

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 153/21 271735Z SEP 21.. Issued 2021-09-27 19:22Z. 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 70.667, 40.167. 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: 2021-09-27 19:22Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XX 153/21 271735Z SEP 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Barentsz Sea
position: 70.667, 40.167
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.
SEMI-SUBMERGED ANCHORAGE BUOYS ESTABLISHED IN:
A. 70-40-00N 040-10-21E.
B. 70-39-59N 040-09-38E.

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.
Semi-submerged: Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
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 · aids-to-navigation notices

3 within 180 nm since 2021 · 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.

Autonomous buoy station established in 73-13.44N 042-16.80E2022-11-12
Sub-surface buoy established in 70-34.00N 037-57.00E2022-06-03

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:56Z; 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.