Debris

Object adrift in 45-57N 149-40E

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 364/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-02-06 12:03Z

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) · RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING EAST 19/20 030912Z FEB 20.. Issued 2020-02-03 12:03Z. 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: Sea of Okhotsk. The parsed report position is 45.950, 149.667. 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 Sea of Okhotsk →

issued: 2020-02-03 12:03Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2020-02-06 12:03Z
authority: RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING EAST 19/20 030912Z FEB 20.
issued by: RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING EAST
sea: Sea of Okhotsk
position: 45.950, 149.667
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF OKHOTSK.
KURIL ISLANDS.
DNC 24.
1. OBJECT ADRIFT IN 45-57N 149-40E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 061203Z FEB 20.

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.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

1 within 180 nm since 2020 · 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.

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

2 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 12:48Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

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.