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Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V veritas viking towing six 8000 meter long cables in…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 47/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-07-02 09:00Z

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) · COLOMBIA 2/11 092254Z FEB 11.. Issued 2011-02-10 11:50Z. 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: North Pacific Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2011-02-10 11:50Z
status: Archived notice
authority: COLOMBIA 2/11 092254Z FEB 11.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: COLOMBIA
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 3.503, -77.794
vessel: M/V VERITAS VIKING · 59 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
COLOMBIA.
SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BY M/V VERITAS VIKING TOWING SIX 8000 METER LONG
CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY
03-35.14N 077-22.78W, 03-56.38N 077-35.45W,
03-56.32N 077-53.08W, 03-26.86N 078-10.65W,
03-05.01N 078-04.61W, 03-05.01N 077-42.08W.
SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

Reading this warning

Seismic survey: A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
Until further notice: The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Towed array / streamer: Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
Tow / towing: A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
Wide berth requested: Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

5 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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

Punta soldado light 03-48.50N 077-10.80W discontinuedNav aids · 41.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:08Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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.