NAVAREA IX 273/26

CENTRAL GULF QATAR CHARTS BA 2837, 2886 AND 2950 METOCEAN BUOYS HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED AT FOLLOWING POSITIONS: STPM 14: 26-31.69N 051-06.83E STPM 15: 26-56.13N 051-16.40E STPM 16/17: 24-58.89N 052-14.23E MARINERS CAUTIONED 041500 UTC AUG 2026

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NAVAREA IX 273/26
CENTRAL GULF
QATAR
CHARTS BA 2837, 2886 AND 2950

METOCEAN BUOYS HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY
ESTABLISHED AT FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

STPM 14:	26-31.69N 051-06.83E
STPM 15:	26-56.13N 051-16.40E
STPM 16/17:	24-58.89N 052-14.23E

MARINERS CAUTIONED

041500 UTC AUG 2026

Verbatim as ingested by Helm.Warning from the Pakistan Navy Hydrographic Department (PNHD), the NAVAREA IX area coordinator. Warnings whose coordinates could not be plotted on the map are still published here in full.

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NAVAREA IX 273/26 is a navigational warning for NAVAREA IX (Red Sea / Persian Gulf), broadcast by the Pakistan Navy Hydrographic Department (PNHD) under the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service (WWNWS). Helm.Warning aggregates these broadcasts daily and plots warnings with resolved geometry on the live map.

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