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Partially submerged steel pipe in 27-55.3N 111-01.2W

Gulf of California · NAVAREA XII 226/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-07-24 09:35Z

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) · MEXICO XII 118/16 192207Z JUL 16.. Issued 2016-07-19 23:06Z. 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 parsed report position is 27.922, -111.020. 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: 2016-07-19 23:06Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MEXICO XII 118/16 192207Z JUL 16.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: MEXICO XII
sea: Gulf of California
position: 27.922, -111.020
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GOLFO DE CALIFORNIA.
MEXICO.
CHART 21008.
PARTIALLY SUBMERGED STEEL PIPE IN 27-55.3N 111-01.2W.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Semi-submerged: Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
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

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.

The government of mexico has declared the following areas of their territorial sea closed to innocent…2000-03-27

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 17:48Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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