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Seismic survey 09 oct to 09 dec by M/V akademik fersman towing 4.5 mile long cable in area bound by 00-59.2S…

Banda Sea · HYDROPAC 1733/07

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2007-12-10 00:00Z

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 459/07 08 OCT 07.. Issued 2007-10-08 00:53Z. 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
Banda 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.

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issued
2007-10-08 00:53Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 459/07 08 OCT 07.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Banda Sea
position
-2.303, 123.795
vessel
M/V AKADEMIK FERSMAN · 41 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. SEISMIC SURVEY 09 OCT TO 09 DEC BY M/V
   AKADEMIK FERSMAN TOWING 4.5 MILE LONG CABLE
   IN AREA BOUND BY 00-59.2S 122-58.3E,
   00-58.9S 126-10.5E, 03-03.2S 126-09.6E,
   03-05.0S 124-24.4E, 02-30.1S 124-07.2E,
   02-47.4S 123-18.3E, 03-50.4S 123-52.8E,
   04-22.8S 122-50.4E, 03-46.4S 122-02.0E,
   01-49.7S 121-25.4E, 00-59.2S 122-58.3E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1622/07.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 10 DEC.

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.
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.
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 · cable & pipeline work

10 within 180 nm since 2007 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:01Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

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

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