Spills · oil
South of nantucket
Nantucket Mystery Sheen; Nantucket Sound · NOAAORR-10840
- issued
- 2024-08-16 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2024-08-30 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2024-08-30 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.991, -70.294
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Nantucket Mystery Sheen; Nantucket Sound. South of Nantucket. 1. On Friday, August 16 USCG Sector Southeast New England contacted the NOAA SSC regarding a 4 mile sheen south of the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm. USCG requested potential satellite imagery 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 40.991N 070.294W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10840: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10840
This area · spills & pollution incidents
493 within 180 nm since 1972 · 11 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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- 700 rockaway tpke, lawrence, ny 11559, USA2026-08-19
- Coast guard pier; new haven, connecticut2026-07-09
- 1 fernbrook st, yonkers, ny 107052026-07-03
- Montauk, ny, USA2026-06-25
- Winthrop, ma 02152, USA2026-06-05
- Provincetown, ma, USA2026-03-12
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2024-07-15 · closed 2024-08-30
- Martha's vineyard, ma2024-07-15 → 2024-07-29
- South of nantucket this message2024-08-16 → 2024-08-30
joined by proximity
Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
Worldwide now
8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
Spills
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