Geophysical operations in progress until 30 oct by M/V yantar towing 50 meter long cable in area bound by…
Sea of Azov · HYDROLANT 1979/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-07-18 09:55Z
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 III 340/01 AOR-E EGC #933 140003Z JUL 01. Issued 2001-07-14 01:15Z. 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
- Sea of Azov. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2001-07-14 01:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 340/01 AOR-E EGC #933 140003Z JUL 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Azov
- position
- 45.432, 37.168
- vessel
- M/V YANTAR · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GEOPHYSICAL OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 30 OCT BY M/V YANTAR TOWING 50 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 45-27.1N 036-51.4E, 45-32.8N 036-54.2E, 45-32.0N 037-18.9E, 45-23.1N 037-18.2E, 45-23.1N 037-25.0E, 45-24.0N 037-27.7E, 45-24.1N 037-32.0E, 45-23.8N 037-33.3E AND COASTLINE. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 31 OCT.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · tows
7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Geophysical operations in progress until 31 oct by M/V akademic golitsyn and M/V gsp prince towing 300 meter…2011-10-10
- Geophysical survey 25 jun to 210100Z jul by M/V iskatel towing two mile long cable in area bound by…2008-06-23
- Geophysical operations in progress until 30 sep by M/V vityaz towing two 100 meter long cables in area bound…2007-08-09
- Geophysical operations 18 thru 20 and 25 thru 28 nov by M/V isaktel towing two mile long cable along…2006-11-17
- Geophysical survey 26 and 27 may by M/V akademik alexander karpinskiy towing 300 meter long cable in area…2003-05-21
- Geophysical operations in progress until 30 nov by M/V yantar towing 50 meter long cable in area bound by…2001-07-18
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 tows listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 14:18Z; source collection times vary.
Towing
Vessels under tow with long or unlit tow lines. All current tows →
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.