NAVAREA VII 282/26

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NAVAREA VII 282 OF 2026: (22 OCT 26)

	1. SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN – NE SECTOR

	2. CHART SAN 90 (INT 2061), 91 (INT 2062)

	3. M/V RAMFORM HYPERION CONDUCTING SEISMIC SURVEY OPERATIONS IN AREA BOUNDED
	BY THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES

	A. 24 – 16.2 S 011 – 15.2 E

	B. 24 – 00.0 S 011 – 15.2 E

	C. 22 – 29.8 S 011 – 15.3 E

	D. 22 – 13.3 S 011 – 15.3 E

	E. 22 – 13.4 S 011 – 23.2 E

	F. 22 – 07.5 S 011 – 23.2 E

	G. 22 – 08.3 S 011 – 40.6 E

	H. 22 – 08.3 S 012 – 23.5 E

	I. 22 – 08.5 S 012 – 40.8 E

	J. 22 – 24.7 S 012 – 40.8 E

	K. 22 – 42.4 S 012 – 40.7 E

	L. 22 – 58.3 S 012 – 40.6 E

	M. 22 – 58.6 S 012 – 23.8 E

	N. 24 – 00.0 S 012 – 23.5 E

	O. 24 – 16.1 S 012 – 23.4 E

	P. 24 – 16.2 S 012 – 05.9 E

	Q. 24 – 16.2 S 011 – 32.9 E

	R. 24 – 16.2 S 011 – 15.2 E

	4. VESSEL IS TOWING 12 SEISMIC GEAR WITH A MAXIMUM LENGTH 10500 METRES. TWO
	SUPPORTING VESSELS ARE IN ATTENDANCE, M/V THOR MAGNI AND M/V ASTRA G

	5. VESSELS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE A WIDE BERTH OF AT LEAST 7NM. COMMUNICATION
	ON VHF CHANNEL 69 OR 16

	6. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Verbatim as ingested by Helm.Warning from the South African Navy Hydrographic Office, the NAVAREA VII area coordinator. Warnings whose coordinates could not be plotted on the map are still published here in full.

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