Wrecks

Shoals reported in: a. 38-29.0S 073-49.0W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3590/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-06-19 11:07Z

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 XV 223/17 210210Z OCT 17.. Issued 2017-10-21 03:41Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -38.496, -73.838. 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
2017-10-21 03:41Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XV 223/17 210210Z OCT 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-38.496, -73.838
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
CHILE.
DNC 07.
CHART 22305.
SHOALS REPORTED IN:
A. 38-29.0S 073-49.0W.
B. 38-30.5S 073-51.5W.

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

2 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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

38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 10:08Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

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

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.