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16.4 meter shoal reported in 01-05.6N 104-09.8E

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3568/18

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 XI 506/18 281220Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-28 16:36Z. 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
South China Sea. The parsed report position is 1.093, 104.163. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

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  1. HYDROPAC 3568/18 · this notice2018-09-28 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 506/192019-02-14 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 561/192019-02-18 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued
2018-09-28 16:36Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 506/18 281220Z SEP 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
1.093, 104.163
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
INDONESIA.
DNC 03.
CHART 71265.
16.4 METER SHOAL REPORTED IN 01-05.6N 104-09.8E.

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

28 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

37 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 22:50Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →

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