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Gas leak, marked by buoy, in vicinity 25-08.90N 054-07.75E

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 526/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-02-16 13:49Z

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 IX 71/23 151908Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-16 02:38Z. 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
Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.148, 54.129. 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
2023-02-16 02:38Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 71/23 151908Z FEB 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Persian Gulf
position
25.148, 54.129
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
U.A.E..
DNC 10.
GAS LEAK, MARKED BY BUOY,
IN VICINITY 25-08.90N 054-07.75E.

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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 · other warnings

86 within 180 nm since 1998 · 9 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 22:54Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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