Pyrotechnics exercises 081200Z to 081400Z oct vicinity nanortalik (60-08.5N 045-14.6W)
Davis Strait · NAVAREA IV 576/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-10-08 15:00Z
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) · GREENLAND 28/12 051400Z OCT 12.. Issued 2012-10-06 05:46Z. 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
- Davis Strait. The parsed report position is 60.142, -45.243. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10-08 12:00Z | 2012-10-08 14:00Z | — | 2 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2012-10-06 05:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-10-08 15:00Z
- authority
- GREENLAND 28/12 051400Z OCT 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- GREENLAND
- sea
- Davis Strait
- position
- 60.142, -45.243
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GREENLAND-SOUTHWEST COAST. 1. PYROTECHNICS EXERCISES 081200Z TO 081400Z OCT VICINITY NANORTALIK (60-08.5N 045-14.6W). 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081500Z OCT 12.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
11 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Red flare sighted in vicinity 60-54-44N 046-02-55W2017-02-08
- Three white flares sighted between narsaq (60-54-44N 046-02-55W) and illutalik (60-36-00N 046-05-40W)2015-06-15
- Three fishermen requesting assistance vicinity nanortalik (60-08-31N 045-14-36W)2015-06-08
- Radar target reported vicinity 58-34.5N 042-24.0W at 150200Z sep2013-09-16
- Pyrotechnics exercises 091200Z to 091400Z sep vicinity 61-59-40N 049-40-00W2011-09-09
- Pyrotechnics exercises 021200Z to 021400Z sep vicinity 61-59-40N 049-40-00W2011-09-02
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
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 250001Z sepIcebergs · 58.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:08Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.