Mine clearing operations 18 thru 24 nov in area within 1000 meters of trackline between 16-29.54S 151-46.80W…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3984/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-11-25 00:01Z
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) · AVURNAV PAPEETE 26/17 161450Z NOV 17.. Issued 2017-11-16 17:33Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-11-16 17:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AVURNAV PAPEETE 26/17 161450Z NOV 17.
- issued by
- AVURNAV PAPEETE
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -16.492, -151.792
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. ILES DE LA SOCIETE. DNC 06. 1. MINE CLEARING OPERATIONS 18 THRU 24 NOV IN AREA WITHIN 1000 METERS OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 16-29.54S 151-46.80W AND 16-29.54S 151-48.30W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 25 NOV 17.
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.
- Mines and mine danger areas
- Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
12 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.
- Tree trunks, six meters long, adrift in vicinity 17-18.00S 149-49.00W at 270600Z apr2024-04-27
- 10 meter tree branch adrift in vicinity 17-18.00S 149-27.90W at 121800Z2024-01-12
- Ten meter tree trunks adrift in 17-24.90S 149-35.10W at 070217Z jan2024-01-07
- Ropes adrift in 17-09.97S 150-26.71W2023-07-04
- Vessel requesting assistance in 17-29.00S 151-27.00W2022-09-19
- Cables, pipes and ropes entangled and adrift in area within several hundred meters of 17-04.80S 150-18.60W…2022-05-29
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:24Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.