Surveys

Nga chart 38280 (3RD ed)

Baffin Bay · HYDROARC 6/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-11-18 09:55Z

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 21/10 012307Z JUL 10. Issued 2010-07-02 13:00Z. 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 81.507, -63.306. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Baffin Bay →

issued
2010-07-02 13:00Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XVIII 21/10 012307Z JUL 10
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XVIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Baffin Bay
position
81.507, -63.306
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
HALL BASIN.
NGA CHART 38280 (3RD ED).
1. SCIENTIFIC MOORINGS ESTABLISHED IN:
   A. 81-18.41N 061-48.82W.
   B. 81-42.37N 064-47.94W.
2. CANCEL AMSI 1/04.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · survey operations

12 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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23

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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M
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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

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:20Z; 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.