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Geophysical survey in progress until further notice by M/V reflect aries towing 8500 meter long cable along…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 558/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-04-05 03:28Z

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 VI 83/11 021400Z APR 11.. Issued 2011-04-02 16:40Z. 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 map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2011-04-02 16:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VI 83/11 021400Z APR 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-35.421, -53.074
vessel
M/V REFLECT ARIES · 11 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARGENTINA-NORTHEAST COAST.
URUGUAY-SOUTH COAST.
1. GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE BY M/V REFLECT ARIES TOWING 8500 METER
   LONG CABLE ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   36-56.61S 054-35.93W, 34-36.98S 051-58.30W,
   34-29.13S 052-04.01W, 34-47.66S 052-25.60W,
   34-44.98S 052-48.01W, 34-26.28S 053-19.65W.
   6.5 MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 521/11.

Reading this warning

Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.
Track line joining
Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

119 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

55 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:01Z; 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.