Surveys

Brazil-east Coast

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1522/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-07-13 11:15Z

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) · NAVAREA V 269/12 072324Z JUL.. Issued 2012-07-09 21:39Z. 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
South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -15.988, -37.944. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2012-07-09 21:39Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA V 269/12 072324Z JUL.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-15.988, -37.944
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BRAZIL-EAST COAST.
CHART 24190
SCIENTIFIC MOORING, TOP FLOAT 500 METERS,
ESTABLISHED IN 15-59.29S 037-56.61W.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

11 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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22

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 2026-10-03 04:21Z; 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.