Odas buoy K2 adrift in vicinity 54-54.6N 013-00.0W at 110800Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3996/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-12-14 09:47Z
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 I 197/17 110840Z DEC 17.. Issued 2017-12-11 09:47Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 54.910, -13.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Odas buoy K2 relocated to 51-12.6N 013-16.8Wcancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 3835/172017-11-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3844/172017-11-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3854/172017-11-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3868/172017-11-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3881/172017-12-01 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3896/172017-12-03 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-12-11 09:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-12-14 09:47Z
- authority
- NAVAREA I 197/17 110840Z DEC 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 54.910, -13.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 19. 1. ODAS BUOY K2 ADRIFT IN VICINITY 54-54.6N 013-00.0W AT 110800Z DEC. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3893/17. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 140947Z DEC 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.
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 · drifting objects
38 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 55-24N 011-47W2020-03-11
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 55-24.4N 011-46.4W at 100800Z mar2020-03-10
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 55-23.8N 011-47.1W at 020700Z mar2020-03-02
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 55-30.0N 012-06.6W at 271400Z feb2020-02-27
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in 54-35.4N 012-39.6W at 160800Z dec2017-12-16
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 54-42.6N 012-32.4W at 150800Z dec2017-12-15
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
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:39Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.