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Seismic survey 08 may until further notice by M/V voyager explorer towing 10050 meter long cable in area…

Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 1315/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-07-09 07:29Z

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 XI 333/14 070616Z MAY 14.. Issued 2014-05-07 09:10Z. 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
Timor 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Timor Sea →

issued
2014-05-07 09:10Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 333/14 070616Z MAY 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Timor Sea
position
-10.603, 126.385
vessel
M/V VOYAGER EXPLORER · 25 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TIMOR SEA.
ARAFURA SEA.
1. SEISMIC SURVEY 08 MAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
   BY M/V VOYAGER EXPLORER TOWING 10050 METER
   LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY
   11-07.6S 121-46.7E, 08-53.2S 130-58.6E,
   09-07.9S 132-08.8E, 12-21.3S 123-29.9E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 767/14.

Reading this warning

Seismic survey
A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
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.
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.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

24 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 17:53Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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.