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Seismic survey 241830Z oct 11 to 231830Z feb 12 by M/V hugin explorer and M/V munin explorer in area bound…

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2993/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-02-23 19:30Z

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 VIII 604/11 241004Z OCT 11 - AUSSAR 6787/11 CX 241353Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-24 14:20Z. 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
Arabian 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
2011-10-24 14:20Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-02-23 19:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 604/11 241004Z OCT 11 - AUSSAR 6787/11 CX 241353Z OCT 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arabian Sea
position
19.553, 71.336
vessels
M/V HUGIN EXPLORER · 20 messagesM/V MUNIN EXPLORER · 23 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDIA-WEST COAST.
ARABIAN SEA.
1. SEISMIC SURVEY 241830Z OCT 11 TO 231830Z FEB 12
   BY M/V HUGIN EXPLORER AND M/V MUNIN EXPLORER
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   19-35.50N 071-16.04E, 19-37.52N 071-21.68E,
   19-30.81N 071-24.33E, 19-28.78N 071-18.69E.
   FIVE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2990/11(73), ASSISTANCE RECEIVED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 231930Z FEB 12.

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.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
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

397 within 180 nm since 1999 · 29 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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:08Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

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

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