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Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V rene descartes vicinity of trackline joining…

Scotland-north Coast · Orkney Islands · HYDROLANT 1752/14

issued: 2014-07-19 13:48Z
status: cancelled 2014-07-23 11:10Z (archive)
authority: WZ 948/14 190950Z JUL 14.
sea: North Sea
position: 59.216, -3.047
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SCOTLAND-NORTH COAST.
ORKNEY ISLANDS.
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BY M/V RENE DESCARTES VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
59-08.7N 003-08.5W, 59-11.9N 003-07.6W,
59-14.1N 002-58.3W, 59-16.8N 002-56.2W.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.

This area · survey operations

126 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 in the last 12 months · 1 in force now

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Timeline

Cancel HYDROLANT 1752/14 and this msg, operations completedcancelled by · 2014-07-23

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Noup head light 59-19.90N 003-04.20W range reduced to 12 milesNav aids · 7 nm

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