NAVAREA XII 745/26

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221200Z OCT 26
NAVAREA XII 745/26.
NORTH PACIFIC.
HAWAII.
1. INTERMITTENT MISSILE FIRING OPERATIONS CONDUCTED
   BY THE PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY (PMRF),
   BARKING SANDS, KAUAI, HAWAII, IN WHISKEY
   188 (W-188) OPERATING AREA. OPERATIONS ARE
   CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT EACH WEEK
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   22-00.00N 159-51.00W, 22-00.00N 160-00.00W,
   22-04.00N 160-06.00W, 21-59.50N 160-21.00W,
   22-05.00N 161-35.00W, 22-45.00N 161-25.00W,
   22-56.00N 161-49.00W, 23-34.00N 161-18.60W,
   23-57.00N 160-41.00W, 25-41.00N 161-36.00W,
   26-00.00N 159-58.00W, 25-47.00N 158-15.00W,
   23-54.00N 158-15.00W, 22-20.00N 159-09.00W,
   22-21.00N 159-30.00W, 22-13.00N 159-42.00W.
2. VESSELS MAY BE REQUESTED TO ALTER COURSE DUE TO
   FIRING OPERATIONS AND ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT
   "PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE BARKING SANDS" ON VHF
   MARINE BAND CHANNEL 16 PRIOR
   TO ENTERING THE ABOVE BOUNDARIES. IF UNABLE
   TO CONTACT PMRF PRIOR TO ENTERING OR WHILE IN
   THE WARNING AREA, RELAY MESSAGES THROUGH
   U.S. COAST GUARD HONOLULU.
3. VESSELS INBOUND AND OUTBOUND FOR HAWAIIAN PORTS
   WILL CREATE THE LEAST INTERFERENCE TO FIRING
   OPERATIONS AS WELL AS ENHANCE VESSEL SAFETY
   BY PASSING SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS OF KAUAI
   AND NIIHAU DURING SPECIFIED TIMES.
4. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 93/23.

Verbatim as ingested by Helm.Warning from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA, United States), the NAVAREA XII area coordinator. Warnings whose coordinates could not be plotted on the map are still published here in full.

About this warning

NAVAREA XII 745/26 is a navigational warning for NAVAREA XII (East Pacific), broadcast by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA, United States) 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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