Wrecks

Five meter shoal in 07-17.4S 147-12.48E

Solomon Sea · HYDROPAC 2937/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-03-22 12:01Z

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 X 45/18 120432Z AUG 18.. Issued 2018-08-12 05:01Z. 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: Solomon Sea. The parsed report position is -7.290, 147.208. 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: 2018-08-12 05:01Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA X 45/18 120432Z AUG 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
sea: Solomon Sea
position: -7.290, 147.208
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOLOMON SEA.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
DNC 05.
CHART 73640.
FIVE METER SHOAL IN 07-17.4S 147-12.48E.

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.
Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Shoal / reported depth: Water shallower than the chart shows — a newly found shoal, a reported depth, or less water than charted.
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

7 within 180 nm since 2012 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.

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4.6 meter shoal reported in 08-49.56S 148-58.25E2015-03-26
0.6 meter shoal reported in 08-50.5S 149-00.0E2015-03-24
Shoal reported in 08-53.42S 149-02.61E2015-03-10
Seven meter vessel sank vicinity kaimari island (07-45S 144-52E)2012-10-27

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

38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:35Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

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