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Dangerous wreck marked by south cardinal buoy in 25-38.85N 057-39.51E

Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 2186/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-10-17 19:04Z

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 IX 279/21 291509Z JUL 21.. Issued 2021-07-29 19:46Z. 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
Gulf of Oman. The parsed report position is 25.648, 57.658. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2021-07-29 19:46Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 279/21 291509Z JUL 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Oman
position
25.648, 57.658
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
IRAN.
DNC 10.
DANGEROUS WRECK MARKED BY SOUTH CARDINAL BUOY
IN 25-38.85N 057-39.51E.

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.
Dangerous wreck
A sunken vessel close enough to the surface to endanger ships, or wreckage reported in the water.
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 · wrecks & obstructions

38 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:39Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

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