The government of mexico has declared the following areas of their territorial sea closed to innocent…
Gulf of California · NAVAREA XII 107/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-12-09 06:00Z
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) · NAVY INTERNATIONAL LAW OFFICE OJAG CODE 10. Issued 2000-03-27 13:20Z. 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
- Gulf of California. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of California →
- issued
- 2000-03-27 13:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVY INTERNATIONAL LAW OFFICE OJAG CODE 10
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- issued by
- NAVY INTERNATIONAL LAW OFFICE OJAG CODE
- sea
- Gulf of California
- position
- 28.150, -111.676
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DECLARED THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF
THEIR TERRITORIAL SEA CLOSED TO INNOCENT PASSAGE AS FOLLOWS:
A. 16 THRU 18 MAY, 20 THRU 22 JUN, 18 THRU 20 JUL,
22 THRU 24 AUG, 19 THRU 21 SEP, 17 THRU 19 OCT
AND 14 THRU 16 NOV IN AREA BETWEEN 28-40.0N 28-46.0N
AND 118-12.0W 118-22.0W.
B. 09 THRU 11 AND 23 THRU 25 MAY, 04 THRU 06 AND 25 THRU 27 JUL,
19 THRU 21 SEP, 03 THRU 05 AND 24 THRU 26 OCT, AND
07 THRU 09 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 28-10.0N 111-48.5W,
28-16.0N 111-39.5W, 28-08.0N 111-32.5W, 28-02.0N 111-42.0W.
C. 27 THRU 31 MAR, 07 THRU 09 APR, 28 APR THRU 30 SEP,
06 THRU 09 OCT, 01 THRU 03, 14, 15 AND 24 THRU 26 NOV,
01 THRU 04 AND 06 THRU 08 DEC IN AREA BETWEEN
21-04.0N 21-14.0N AND 106-09.0W 106-23.0W.
D. 14 APR, 17 THRU 19 MAY, 13 THRU 15 JUN, 19 THRU 21 JUL,
15 THRU 22 AUG AND 04 THRU 12 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
15-46.2N 093-40.0W, 15-40.2N 093-32.0W, 15-41.5N 093-43.5W,
15-35.5N 093-35.7W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 101/00.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 09 DEC.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
- 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
2 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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
21 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:27Z; 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.