Wrecks

4.2 meter shoal in 69-50.27N 124-16.28W

The Northwestern Passages · HYDROARC 287/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-09-23 14:00Z

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 XVII 73/22 141711Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-22 16:35Z. 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 69.838, -124.271. 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: 2022-09-22 16:35Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XVII 73/22 141711Z SEP 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XVII · named as the source of this relay
sea: The Northwestern Passages
position: 69.838, -124.271
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AMUNDSEN GULF.
CANADA.
DNC 27.
4.2 METER SHOAL IN 69-50.27N 124-16.28W.

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.
Shoal / reported depth: Water shallower than the chart shows — a newly found shoal, a reported depth, or less water than charted.
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 · wrecks & obstructions

4 within 180 nm since 2013 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.

0.3 meter rock depth reported in 70-32.05N 115-59.06W2026-09-18
22 meter depth reported in 69-39.05N 120-45.29W2022-08-30
Amundsen Gulf2013-08-16

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

38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:53Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →

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