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Mcts iqaluit center 63-43.00N 068-33.00W discontinued for season at 151400Z dec

Davis Strait · HYDROARC 313/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-12-23 00:01Z

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 117/23 082301Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-08 23:54Z. 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: Davis Strait. The parsed report position is 63.717, -68.550. 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 Davis Strait →

issued: 2023-12-08 23:54Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-12-23 00:01Z
authority: NAVAREA XVIII 117/23 082301Z DEC 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XVIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Davis Strait
position: 63.717, -68.550
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DAVIS STRAIT.
CANADA.
DNC 28.
1. MCTS IQALUIT CENTER 63-43.00N 068-33.00W
   DISCONTINUED FOR SEASON AT 151400Z DEC.
   CONTROL OF NORDREG CANADA WILL BE
   TRANSFERRED TO MCTS LES ESCOUMINS. ADDRESS
   NORDREG CANADA MSGS TO MCTS LES ESCOUMINS,
   PHONE: 418 233 3483, EMAIL: IQANORDREG@INNAV.GC.CA
   OR THE NEAREST MCTS CENTER.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 230001Z DEC 23.

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.
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.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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 · other warnings

31 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 11:15Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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