Nav aids

Nga chart 506 (2ND ed)

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2938/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-10-01 09:06Z

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 996/10 271145Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-27 13:32Z. 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: North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 2.075, 146.950. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2010-12-27 13:32Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 996/10 271145Z DEC 10.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 2.075, 146.950
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
NGA CHART 506 (2ND ED).
OBSERVATION BUOY ESTABLISHED IN 02-04.5N 146-57.0E.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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 · aids-to-navigation notices

7 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

Nga chart 82005 (5TH ed)2010-12-22
Nga chart 507 (2ND ed)2008-07-15
Odas buoy established in 00-01.5S 146-59.8E2006-02-27
Odas buoy established in 04-57.9N 147-01.7E2005-01-24
Buoy established in 00-03.72N 147-00.71E2000-10-28
Observation buoy established in 00-02-11S 146-59-59E1999-10-30

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

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 20:10Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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.