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20 meter long green metallic object adrfit in 23-39.4S 056-52.9E at 060615Z jun

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1685/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-06-06 14:50Z

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) · MRCC LA REUNION 060854Z JUN 16.. Issued 2016-06-06 10:42Z. 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
Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -23.657, 56.882. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued
2016-06-06 10:42Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-06-09 10:42Z
authority
MRCC LA REUNION 060854Z JUN 16.
issued by
MRCC LA REUNION
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-23.657, 56.882
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 02.
1. 20 METER LONG GREEN METALLIC OBJECT ADRFIT
   IN 23-39.4S 056-52.9E AT 060615Z JUN.
   REPORTS TO MRCC LA REUNION,
   INMARSAT-C: 422799193, PHONE: 2622 6243 4343,
   FAX: 2622 6271 1595, E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 091042Z JUN 16.

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.
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.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

4 within 180 nm since 2016 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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24

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 18:40Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.