4.5 meter net, marked by buoys, abandoned in 11-17.55S 126-24.02E at 010258Z dec
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 4201/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-12-04 05:11Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 89/17 010410Z DEC 17.. Issued 2017-12-01 05:11Z. 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
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -11.293, 126.400. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2017-12-01 05:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-12-04 05:11Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 89/17 010410Z DEC 17.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -11.293, 126.400
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. DNC 04. CHART 73000. 1. 4.5 METER NET, MARKED BY BUOYS, ABANDONED IN 11-17.55S 126-24.02E AT 010258Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 040511Z DEC 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.
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
14 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 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.
- Unmanned surface vessel reach remote 2 / vkcc / 503189810 conducting subsea operations in an area bound by…2026-09-05
- Eight meter tree adrift in 10-48.00S 128-03.50E at 290300Z apr2023-04-29
- Fishing net, marked by buoys, abandoned in vicinity 12-35.7S 125-33.9E at 030458Z nov2021-11-03
- 15 meter F/V, blue hull, anchored and requesting assistance in 11-40.35S 125-22.30E2021-07-20
- Ten meter tree adrift in vicinity 10-13.92S 127-59.48E at 190302Z oct2020-10-19
- Six meter long metal drum adrift in 12-12.2S 125-05.4E at 110935Z apr2015-04-11
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
20 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 15:54Z; 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.