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Offshore wind farm construction area marked by buoys established in: a. east cardinal light-buoy, 58-18.0N…

North Sea · HYDROLANT 588/17

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Archived notice · 2017-04-18 15:54Z

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) · WZ 212/17 211215Z FEB 17.. Issued 2017-02-21 12:39Z. 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 Sea. The parsed report position is 58.256, -2.884. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2017-02-21 12:39Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WZ 212/17 211215Z FEB 17.
issued by
WZ
sea
North Sea
position
58.256, -2.884
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH SEA.
SCOTLAND-NORTHEAST COAST.
DNC 20.
CHART 35055.
1. OFFSHORE WIND FARM CONSTRUCTION AREA MARKED BY
   BUOYS ESTABLISHED IN:
   A. EAST CARDINAL LIGHT-BUOY, 58-18.0N 002-45.1W.
   B. SOUTH CARDINAL LIGHT-BUOY, 58-10.4N 002-55.8W.
   C. WEST CARDINAL LIGHT-BUOY, 58-12.6N 003-01.3W.
   D. NORTH CARDINAL LIGHT-BUOY, 58-20.2N 002-50.6W.
2. SPECIAL LIGHT BUOYS, FL Y 5S IN:
   A. 58-12.8N 002-51.6W
   B. 58-15.4N 002-47.7W.
   C. 58-18.2N 002-54.2W.
   D. 58-15.3N 002-57.8W.

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.
Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Offshore wind farm
Construction or maintenance at an offshore wind farm: turbine foundations, jack-up vessels and export cables.
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.
Light characteristic
The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

2196 within 180 nm since 1998 · 7 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:48Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

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