Surveys

Nga chart 62453 (6TH ed)

Persian Gulf · Bahrain · HYDROPAC 1360/10

issued
2010-06-30 20:07Z
status
cancelled 2010-08-14 09:32Z (archive)
authority
PVWA 30 JUN 10.
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
BAHRAIN.
NGA CHART 62453 (6TH ED).
1. RECENT DREDGING ACTIVITY TO DEEPEN AND WIDEN THE MINA
   SALMAN APPROACH CHANNEL HAS BEEN COMPLETED. IN ADDITION,
   A HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND THAT DATA
   WILL BE USED TO UPDATE NGA NAUTICAL CHARTS AND DIGITAL
   DATA.
2. THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY SHOW THAT BUOY POSITIONS
   PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN NGA NOTICE TO MARINERS 18/10 FOR
   CHARTS 62453, 62413 AND 62412 ARE OFFSET APPROXIMATELY
   TWO SECONDS TO THE SOUTH AND ONE TO TWO SECONDS TO THE
   EAST. THESE POSITIONS ARE ALSO LISTED IN MIDDLE EAST
   NAVIGATION AIDS SERVICE (MENAS) NOTICE 2/10 AND THIS
   DISCREPANCY SHOULD BE NOTED FOR ANY VESSEL IN POSSESSION
   OF EITHER PIECE OF INFORMATION.
3. THE DIFFERENCE AT THE CHART SCALE OF 62412 AND 62413 IS
   NEGLIGIBLE AND CHARTS WILL BE UPDATED WHEN A NEW EDITION
   IS PRODUCED UNLESS OTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVED
   AFFECTING NAVIGATION ON THESE CHARTS. A CORRECTION
   SHOWING THE SHIFT WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR 62453. OTHER
   INFORMATION AFFECTING ALL THREE CHARTS WILL ALSO BE
   PROMULGATED. THIS INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE USED TO
   UPDATE NGA DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHART.
4. WHEN VIEWING NGA DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHART LIBRARIES
   A1048310 AND A1048320, THE PRUDENT MARINER SHOULD TAKE
   INTO ACCOUNT THE SCALE AT WHICH THE LIBRARY WAS
   COLLECTED AND MEANT TO BE USED WHEN NAVIGATING.
5. MARINERS WILL BE NOTIFED OF CHART CORRECTIONS AND DNC
   LIBRARY UPDATES THROUGH THE NOTICE TO MARINERS AND THE
   NGA DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHART HOMEPAGE, RESPECTIVELY.
6. VESSELS SHOULD CONTACT LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND MARLO FOR
   THE LATEST INFORMATION ON ACTIVITY IN THE AREA.

Timeline

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

73 survey operations in force · see all

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.