World-Wide Navigational Warning Service

NAVAREA VI

Coordinated by Argentina (Servicio de Hidrografía Naval); covers the south-western Atlantic off Argentina and Uruguay, toward Antarctica.

NAVAREA VI covers the south-western Atlantic off Argentina and Uruguay and extends toward Antarctica. Argentina's Naval Hydrographic Service coordinates it.

Warnings here come from NGA HYDROLANT relays that name NAVAREA VI as their source; the area's own list is not collected directly.

own list read: no — via NGA relays only
attributed by: named in an NGA relay 5,571

What the archive shows

5,571 warnings in this archive are attributed to NAVAREA VI, issued from 1999-05-19 to 2024-05-10. None of them is in force in the latest lists we collected.

All of them are NGA relays (HYDROLANT, HYDROPAC or HYDROARC) that name NAVAREA VI as their source; the area's own list is not in this archive.

Icebergs accounts for 3,683 of 5,571 recorded messages (66%), the largest warning type group in this selection.

The stations and services named as originators most often are WZ (12), AOR-W NAVAREA VI (2), NAVAREA VI AOR-W EGC (2) and PVMM (2), among 21 in all.

The largest yearly count is 2017, with 434 warnings. Collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17, so those years are not comparable.

They reached this archive through HYDROLANT (5,168) and HYDROPAC (403).

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Warning types

Originating stations and services · 21

The authority recorded with each message: the range, rescue centre, coast radio station or national service that issued it.

WZ12
AOR-W NAVAREA VI2
NAVAREA VI AOR-W EGC2
PVMM2
PVWA2
AUSCOAST1
CTF1
GREEK NAVTEX KERKYRA1
JRCC PIRAEUS AOR-E1
MRSC CAGLIARI AOR-E EGC#1
NAVCEN ALEXANDRIA1
RCC PIRAEUS AOR-E1

Where they lie · 15 sea areas

Most recently issued

Neighbouring areas

NAVAREA V — the western South Atlantic off Brazil
NAVAREA VII — the south-east Atlantic and south-west Indian Ocean around southern Africa

All 21 NAVAREAs → · What a NAVAREA is →

Counts are warnings attributed to NAVAREA VI by their series or by the source an NGA relay names, recounted 2026-09-24; the area's full traffic is larger. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA broadcasts.