Nga chart 38280 (3RD ed)
Baffin Bay · HYDROARC 5/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-08-08 10:57Z
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 20/10 012305Z JUL 10. Issued 2010-07-02 12:59Z. 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 parsed report position is 80.499, -68.288. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Scientific moorings established 04 aug: a. KS01 in 80-33.47N 068-54.46Wcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROARC 3/10, 5/10, 7/10 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2010-07-02 12:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XVIII 20/10 012305Z JUL 10
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Baffin Bay
- position
- 80.499, -68.288
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. NARES STRAIT. KENNEDY CHANNEL. NGA CHART 38280 (3RD ED). 1. SCIENTIFIC MOORINGS ESTABLISHED: A. KS01 IN 80-33.47N 068-54.46W. B. KS02 IN 80-33.23N 068-52.47W. C. KS03 IN 80-32.70N 067-47.31W. D. KS04 IN 80-32.12N 068-42.84W. E. KS06 IN 80-30.16N 068-27.24W. F. KS08 IN 80-28.29N 068-11.43W. G. KS10 IN 80-26.33N 067-55.78W. H. KS14 IN 80-23.31N 067-26.75W. 2. CANCEL AMSI 4/03.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Scientific mooring
- Instruments anchored to the seabed and held up by floats, sometimes just below the surface, left for months to measure the ocean.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
12 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Sub-surface scientific mooring, top float 320 meters, established in 82-08.37N 061-13.57W2023-09-15
- Nga chart 38280 (3RD ed)2010-07-02
- Nga chart 38280 (3RD ed)2010-07-02
- Nga chart 38280 (3RD ed)2010-07-02
- Nga chart 38300 (3RD ed)2010-07-02
- Bottom scientific moorings established thru aug 09: a. top float 363 meters KS04 in 80-32.270N 068-44.360W2008-09-05
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
50 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 02:24Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.