Surveys

Survey operations 28 jul thru 14 sep by M/V bgp prospector towing ten 7500 meter long cables in area bound…

Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 165/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-08-01 17:39Z

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 XX 94/17 251730Z JUL 17.. Issued 2017-07-25 18:01Z. 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
Barentsz Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2017-07-25 18:01Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XX 94/17 251730Z JUL 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Barentsz Sea
position
77.097, 39.383
vessel
M/V BGP PROSPECTOR · 75 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BARENTS SEA.
DNC 22.
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS 28 JUL THRU 14 SEP
   BY M/V BGP PROSPECTOR TOWING TEN 7500 METER
   LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY
   77-25.3N 039-14.7E, 77-09.6N 040-28.5E,
   76-59.8N 040-26.0E, 76-46.5N 039-30.2E,
   77-01.4N 038-18.9E, 77-12.7N 038-22.3E.
   SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 15 SEP 17.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Survey operations
A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
Towed array / streamer
Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
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

10 within 180 nm since 2014 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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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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 22:59Z; 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.