Survey operations in progress until further notice by 1000 floating platforms in area bound by 25-47.57N…
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1198/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-07-02 16:10Z
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 IX 147/20 141504Z APR 20.. Issued 2020-04-15 11:14Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. 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
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by 1000 floating platforms in vicinity: a. 25-47.57N…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1198/20 and this msg, operation completedlater cancellation 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.
- HYDROPAC 1182/202020-04-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1198/20 · this notice2020-04-15 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2020-04-15 11:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 147/20 141504Z APR 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 25.767, 55.871
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. U.A.E. DNC 10. 1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY 1000 FLOATING PLATFORMS IN AREA BOUND BY 25-47.57N 055-50.90E, 25-46.84N 055-55.73E, 25-43.56N 055-50.17E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1182/20.
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.
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- 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.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
9 within 180 nm since 2007 · 1 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.
- Wooden debris adrift in 25-13.12N 056-29.18E2026-08-20
- Object adrift in vicinity 25-27.00N 055-09.00E2023-08-25
- Object adrift in vicinity 25-15.23N 054-51.13E2023-03-13
- Unlit mooring buoy adrift in vicinity 25-48.77N 052-40.90E at 201144Z mar2022-03-20
- Large object adrift in vicinity 25-09.17N 055-00.22E2020-11-17
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by 1000 floating platforms in vicinity: a. 25-47.57N…2020-04-14
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
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 30.7 nm
- Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 44.4 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 46.1 nm
- Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 46.3 nm
- M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40EDerelicts · 53.2 nm
- Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 81.9 nm
- Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 98.5 nm
- Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 102.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:06Z; 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.