Nav aids

Observation buoy established in 02-04.7N 138-02.6E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1595/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-11-02 11:55Z

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 673/01 POR EGC#693 031158Z OCT 01. Issued 2001-10-03 15:50Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 2.078, 138.043. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2001-10-03 15:50Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 673/01 POR EGC#693 031158Z OCT 01
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 2.078, 138.043
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 507 (2ND ED).
OBSERVATION BUOY ESTABLISHED IN 02-04.7N 138-02.6E.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.

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

9 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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.

Nga chart 507 (2ND ed)2008-01-16
Nga chart 507 (2ND ed)2008-01-10
Nga chart 507 (2ND ed)2008-01-09
Odas buoy established in 04-51.6N 137-15.6E2004-06-22
Odas buoy established in 00-02.0N 137-52.9E2004-06-21
Observation buoy established in 00-01.9N 137-53.0E2000-11-04

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

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 20:25Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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.