Corsica DNC 08
Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 3572/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-11-25 00:59Z
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 1549/20 171844Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-17 21:21Z. 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
- Ligurian 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Corsica DNC 08cancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-18 00:01Z | 2020-11-24 23:59Z | — | 167 h 58 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-11-17 21:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-11-25 00:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 1549/20 171844Z NOV 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Ligurian Sea
- position
- 43.326, 8.649
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. LIGURIAN SEA. CORSICA DNC 08. 1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 180001Z TO 242359Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 42-40N 008-30E, 43-24N 007-39E, 43-59N 008-42E, 43-16N 009-42E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3569/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 250059Z NOV 20.
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.
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
190 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Survey operations 22 jul thru 13 aug by M/V tethys II, M/V l`europe, and M/V sagitta III in area bound by…2023-07-20
- Survey operations in progress until 19 jul by M/V five in area bound by 43-49.26N 009-54.46E, 44-09.71N…2023-07-18
- Scientific buoys temporarily established by M/V thalassa 15 jul thru 30 aug in: a. dyfamed, 43-25.00N…2023-07-11
- Survey operations 120900Z to 172359Z apr by M/V l'atalante in vicinity of trackline joining 40-56.00N…2023-04-11
- Survey operations in progress until 30 mar by M/V ocean link along trackling joining 43-14.09N 007-46.66E,…2023-03-17
- Survey operations 02 thru 17 feb by M/V tethys II, M/V l europe and M/V sagitta III in area bound by…2023-01-30
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
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:21Z; 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.