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Drifting ice field sighted east of line joining 45-52N 141-35E, 45-21N 142-09E and shoreline

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 264/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-02-20 06:00Z

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 XIII 0008/00. Issued 2000-02-13 22:15Z. 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: Japan Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Japan Sea →

issued: 2000-02-13 22:15Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XIII 0008/00
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Japan Sea
position: 45.608, 141.867
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. DRIFTING ICE FIELD SIGHTED EAST OF LINE JOINING
   45-52N 141-35E, 45-21N 142-09E AND SHORELINE.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 20 FEB.

Reading this warning

Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
Track line joining: Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
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.
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

7 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.

Numerous fishing vessels in: a. 48-00N 141-17E2020-02-13
Numerous fishing vessels reported in: a. 47-10N 139-30E2019-02-15
Numerous fishing vessels reported in: a. 46-30N 138-48E2018-12-04
Hydrographic operations in progress until 02 dec by M/V marshal gelovany in area bound by 44-30N 137-17E,…2010-11-13
Nga chart 96200 (5TH ed)2008-07-25
Six men overboard from F/V PCX-8241 vicinity 46-32N 138-20E2002-10-03

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

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

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

Other

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

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