Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 23 apr thru 22 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…
Baffin Bay · HYDROARC 43/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-04-24 04:40Z
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) · MARINE GUYANE SOYOUZ VS14 221813Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-22 19:04Z. 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
- Baffin Bay. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 22 apr thru 22 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…cancelled by this notice
- Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 24 apr thru 24 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROARC 37/162016-04-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 43/16 · this notice2016-04-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 47/162016-04-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 49/162016-04-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 51/162016-04-26 · Archived notice
Activity windows · 30 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-23 21:12Z | 2016-04-23 22:29Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2016-04-24 21:12Z | 2016-04-24 22:29Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2016-04-25 21:12Z | 2016-04-25 22:29Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2016-04-26 21:12Z | 2016-04-26 22:29Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2016-04-27 21:12Z | 2016-04-27 22:29Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2016-04-28 21:12Z | 2016-04-28 22:29Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2016-04-29 21:12Z | 2016-04-29 22:29Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| 2016-04-30 21:12Z | 2016-04-30 22:29Z | — | 1 h 17 |
| … 22 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2016-04-22 19:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-05-22 23:29Z
- authority
- MARINE GUYANE SOYOUZ VS14 221813Z APR 16.
- issued by
- COMAR GUYANE
- sea
- Baffin Bay
- position
- 71.184, -61.011
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAFFIN BAY. DAVIS STRAIT. ROCKETS. DNC 28. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2112Z TO 2229Z DAILY 23 APR THRU 22 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N 059-58W, 70-25N 061-40W, 71-53N 062-07W. 2. CANCEL HYDROARC 37/16. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 222329Z MAY 16.
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.
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROARC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Arctic Ocean.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
8 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.
- Missile operations 141400Z to 150800Z sep and 2100Z to 0800Z daily 15 thru 29 sep in area bound by 72-58.0N…2022-09-09
- Hazardous operations, space debris 0903Z to 1020Z daily 17 thru 30 dec in area bound by 70-35N 063-46W,…2019-12-14
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0900Z to 1020Z daily 17 thru 24 dec in area bound by: 70-35N 063-46W,…2019-12-11
- Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 25 apr thru 25 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…2016-04-24
- Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 24 apr thru 24 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…2016-04-24
- Hazardous operations 2112Z to 2229Z daily 22 apr thru 22 may in area bound by 71-56N 060-17W, 70-28N…2016-04-17
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
6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:21Z; source collection times vary.
Missiles
Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →
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.