Surveys

Bottom scientific moorings established thru aug 09: a. top float 363 meters KS04 in 80-32.270N 068-44.360W

Baffin Bay · HYDROARC 9/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-09-01 00:00Z

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) · LEHNERT EMAIL 041539Z SEP 08.. Issued 2008-09-05 02:18Z. 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 80.476, -68.215. 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 Baffin Bay →

issued: 2008-09-05 02:18Z
status: Archived notice
authority: LEHNERT EMAIL 041539Z SEP 08.
issued by: LEHNERT EMAIL
sea: Baffin Bay
position: 80.476, -68.215
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. BOTTOM SCIENTIFIC MOORINGS ESTABLISHED THRU AUG 09:
   A. TOP FLOAT 363 METERS KS04 IN 80-32.270N 068-44.360W.
   B. TOP FLOAT 100 METERS KS20 IN 80-31.706N 068-39.197W.
   C. TOP FLOAT 25 METERS KS05 IN 80-31.189N 068-35.730W.
   D. TOP FLOAT 350 METERS KS06 IN 80-30.230N 068-27.330W.
   E. TOP FLOAT 25 METERS KS07 IN 80-29.240N 068-18.341W.
   F. TOP FLOAT 353 METERS KS08 IN 80-28.290N 068-11.100W.
   G. TOP FLOAT 100 METERS KS30 IN 80-28.750N 068-08.540W.
   H. TOP FLOAT 25 METERS KS09 IN 80-27.350N 068-03.690W.
   I. TOP FLOAT 288 METERS KS10 IN 80-26.131N 067-53.579W.
   J. TOP FLOAT 25 METERS KS11 IN 80-24.970N 067-44.650W.
   K. TOP FLOAT 225 METERS KS12 IN 80-23.960N 067-35.560W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 SEP 09.

Reading this warning

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.
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 · 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
Nga chart 38280 (3RD ed)2010-07-02

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

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:19Z; 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.