Surveys

Survey operations 200001Z mar until further notice in area bound by 25-55.65N 051-31.00E, 26-04.36N…

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 925/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-09-07 15:38Z

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 119/20 191457Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-19 15:43Z. 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 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 Persian Gulf →

issued
2020-03-19 15:43Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 119/20 191457Z MAR 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Persian Gulf
position
26.364, 51.925
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
QATAR.
DNC 10.
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS 200001Z MAR UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE IN AREA BOUND BY
   25-55.65N 051-31.00E, 26-04.36N 051-34.62E
   26-37.32N 051-58.56E, 26-42.74N 051-57.18E
   26-42.67N 051-58.41E, 26-33.55N 052-10.36E
   26-22.32N 052-18.13E, 26-20.52N 051-56.37E
   25-54.46N 051-33.11E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 822/20.

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.
Survey operations
A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
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.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

436 within 180 nm since 2000 · 5 in the last 12 months · 3 listed in force now

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26

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

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 03:09Z; source collection times vary.

Surveys

Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →

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.