Scientific moorings established: a. A3-19, in 66-19.60N 168-57.05W, at depth 57 meters, top float eight meters
Bering Sea · NAVAREA XII 477/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-06-25 13:15Z
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) · REBECCA WOODGATE 121534Z SEP 20.. Issued 2020-10-21 12:20Z. 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
- Bering Sea. The parsed report position is 65.951, -168.598. 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
- issued
- 2020-10-21 12:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- REBECCA WOODGATE 121534Z SEP 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- issued by
- REBECCA WOODGATE
- sea
- Bering Sea
- position
- 65.951, -168.598
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BERING STRAIT.
CHART 16005.
1. SCIENTIFIC MOORINGS ESTABLISHED:
A. A3-19, IN 66-19.60N 168-57.05W,
AT DEPTH 57 METERS, TOP FLOAT EIGHT METERS.
B. A2-19, IN 65-46.86N 168-34.07W,
AT DEPTH 56 METERS, TOP FLOAT 15 METERS.
C. A4-19, IN 65-44.75N 168-15.77W,
AT DEPTH 48 METERS, TOP FLOAT 15 METERS.
D. A3-20, IN 66-19.60N 168-57.60W,
AT DEPTH 59 METERS, TOP FLOAT 42 METERS.
E. A2-20, IN 65-46.86N 168-34.60W,
AT DEPTH 56 METERS, TOP FLOAT 45 METERS.
F. A4-20, IN 65-44.75N 168-16.31W,
AT DEPTH 49 METERS, TOP FLOAT 36 METERS.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 430/19.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
27 within 180 nm since 2005 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Scientific moorings, at depth 15 meters, established in: a. 65-46.86N 168-34.06W2026-09-17
- Scientific mooring, at depth seven meters, established in 66-19.59N 168-57.01W2026-09-17
- Survey operations in progress until 10 sep by vessel aleksandr rogotskiy in area bound by 66-05.00N…2026-08-26
- Scientific mooring, at depth seven meters, established in 66-19.56N 168-57.08W2025-07-14
- Scientific moorings, at depth 15 meters, established in: a. 65-46.86N 168-34.07W2025-07-14
- Oceanographic equipment at depth 44 meters, established in 66-38.78N 170-31.82W2023-09-09
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
54 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 18:01Z; 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.