Positions quoted in this Preliminary Notice reproduced below are referred to WGS84 or a compatible datum and may be plotted directly on this ENC. 		
Some or all of the information contained in this Notice to Mariners may have been included on the ENCs affected.		
		
4404(P)/25 MEDITERRANEAN SEA —  Submarine cables.		
Source: Alcatel Submarine Networks and UKHO		
		
	1.	The Medusa submarine fibre optic cable system is due to be laid. The proposed positions in depths of less than 200m are listed below with details of the relevant, largest scale Admiralty Charts affected [in brackets]. The accompanying diagram shows the overall coverage of the proposed cables.
		
	2.	A - Morocco (Melilla) to Spain (Barcelona) and France (Marseille) [153, 580, 1196, 1704, 1705, 2116, 2437]:
		
		35° 18' .9N. , 2° 41' .1W.

		35° 08' .6N. , 2° 42' .2W.

		35° 06' .8N. , 2° 43' .0W.
		
	3.	and
		
		41° 24' .1N. , 2° 41' .7E.

		41° 24' .2N. , 2° 41' .4E.

		41° 24' .6N. , 2° 39' .0E.

		41° 24' .8N. , 2° 35' .6E.

		41° 24' .9N. , 2° 32' .8E.

		41° 24' .7N. , 2° 30' .0E.

		41° 24' .1N. , 2° 23' .2E.

		41° 24' .1N. , 2° 21' .1E.

		41° 24' .4N. , 2° 19' .1E.

		41° 25' .39N. , 2° 14' .02E.
		
	4.	and
		
		43° 15' .01N. , 5° 22' .40E.

		43° 15' .04N. , 5° 22' .24E.

		43° 14' .99N. , 5° 21' .67E.

		43° 15' .02N. , 5° 21' .45E.

		43° 15' .15N. , 5° 21' .10E.

		43° 15' .17N. , 5° 20' .90E.

		43° 15' .27N. , 5° 20' .36E.

		43° 15' .24N. , 5° 19' .87E.

		43° 15' .15N. , 5° 19' .53E.

		43° 14' .39N. , 5° 17' .71E.

		43° 14' .33N. , 5° 16' .86E.

		43° 13' .46N. , 5° 12' .90E.

		43° 11' .95N. , 5° 11' .24E.

		43° 06' .9N. , 5° 08' .6E.

		43° 06' .1N. , 5° 03' .8E.

		43° 06' .2N. , 5° 02' .7E.

		43° 06' .0N. , 5° 01' .4E.

		43° 04' .1N. , 4° 59' .7E.

		43° 02' .2N. , 4° 56' .8E.

		43° 00' .7N. , 4° 47' .0E.

		42° 59' .2N. , 4° 44' .2E.

		42° 56' .2N. , 4° 42' .2E.

		42° 51' .6N. , 4° 42' .5E.
		
	5.	B – France (Marseille) to Tunisia (Bizerte), Italy (Mazara del Vallo) and Malta (Ras il-Wahx) [153, 194, 964, 1705, 2116, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2537, 2538]:
		
		43° 04' .6N. , 5° 17' .9E.

		43° 04' .8N. , 5° 17' .9E.

		43° 05' .2N. , 5° 17' .7E.

		43° 05' .5N. , 5° 17' .6E.

		43° 05' .7N. , 5° 17' .6E.

		43° 07' .3N. , 5° 17' .3E.

		43° 07' .6N. , 5° 17' .4E.

		43° 08' .05N. , 5° 17' .24E.

		43° 08' .31N. , 5° 17' .27E.

		43° 08' .87N. , 5° 17' .34E.

		43° 09' .52N. , 5° 17' .32E.

		43° 09' .77N. , 5° 17' .51E.

		43° 11' .22N. , 5° 17' .48E.

		43° 12' .03N. , 5° 17' .68E.

		43° 12' .66N. , 5° 17' .71E.

		43° 13' .35N. , 5° 17' .91E.

		43° 13' .49N. , 5° 18' .01E.

		43° 14' .13N. , 5° 18' .77E.

		43° 14' .31N. , 5° 19' .06E.

		43° 14' .62N. , 5° 19' .72E.
		
	6.	and
		
		43° 14' .70N. , 5° 19' .88E.

		43° 15' .01N. , 5° 20' .60E.

		43° 15' .02N. , 5° 20' .65E.

		43° 15' .03N. , 5° 20' .76E.

		43° 15' .06N. , 5° 20' .90E.

		43° 15' .07N. , 5° 21' .04E.

		43° 14' .94N. , 5° 21' .59E.

		43° 15' .00N. , 5° 22' .24E.

		43° 14' .98N. , 5° 22' .40E.
		
	7.	and
		
		37° 17' .4N. , 9° 52' .5E.

		37° 17' .6N. , 9° 53' .5E.

		37° 17' .7N. , 9° 53' .7E.

		37° 18' .0N. , 9° 54' .0E.

		37° 18' .5N. , 9° 54' .2E.

		37° 19' .5N. , 9° 54' .3E.

		37° 27' .5N. , 9° 52' .8E.

		37° 29' .2N. , 9° 51' .9E.
		
	8.	and
		
		37° 39' .61N. , 12° 34' .11E.

		37° 34' .5N. , 12° 26' .5E.

		37° 33' .8N. , 12° 26' .4E.

		37° 29' .7N. , 12° 28' .3E.

		37° 28' .3N. , 12° 29' .5E.

		37° 28' .1N. , 12° 29' .7E.

		37° 27' .4N. , 12° 31' .0E.

		37° 27' .0N. , 12° 31' .4E.

		37° 13' .2N. , 12° 33' .4E.

		37° 12' .7N. , 12° 33' .6E.

		37° 07' .7N. , 12° 37' .4E.

		37° 07' .2N. , 12° 37' .7E.

		37° 06' .6N. , 12° 37' .8E.

		37° 06' .2N. , 12° 37' .8E.

		37° 05' .9N. , 12° 37' .6E.

		36° 57' .0N. , 12° 33' .7E.

		36° 56' .7N. , 12° 33' .6E.

		36° 54' .3N. , 12° 33' .1E.

		36° 54' .0N. , 12° 32' .9E.

		36° 52' .7N. , 12° 31' .6E.

		36° 52' .1N. , 12° 30' .5E.

		36° 51' .8N. , 12° 30' .1E.

		36° 50' .1N. , 12° 29' .4E.

		36° 48' .8N. , 12° 28' .8E.

		36° 47' .5N. , 12° 27' .3E.
		
	9.	and
		
		36° 44' .9N. , 12° 25' .5E.

		36° 42' .5N. , 12° 24' .5E.

		36° 44' .5N. , 12° 23' .0E.

		36° 46' .5N. , 12° 22' .0E.

		36° 48' .9N. , 12° 20' .5E.

		36° 52' .6N. , 12° 19' .0E.

		36° 54' .9N. , 12° 17' .7E.

		36° 58' .1N. , 12° 14' .0E.

		36° 59' .5N. , 12° 12' .5E.

		37° 02' .1N. , 12° 07' .8E.

		37° 06' .5N. , 12° 01' .4E.

		37° 07' .8N. , 12° 00' .1E.

		37° 15' .0N. , 11° 55' .7E.

		37° 16' .5N. , 11° 55' .8E.

		37° 17' .5N. , 11° 55' .0E.

		37° 21' .0N. , 11° 51' .0E.

		37° 22' .4N. , 11° 49' .8E.

		37° 27' .5N. , 11° 43' .2E.

		37° 30' .6N. , 11° 40' .5E.

		37° 31' .2N. , 11° 38' .9E.

		37° 31' .9N. , 11° 38' .0E.
		
	10.	 and
		
		35° 56' .04N. , 14° 20' .63E.

		35° 55' .86N. , 14° 20' .38E.

		35° 55' .68N. , 14° 20' .01E.

		35° 55' .42N. , 14° 19' .68E.

		35° 55' .09N. , 14° 19' .48E.

		35° 54' .64N. , 14° 19' .07E.

		35° 54' .29N. , 14° 18' .90E.

		35° 54' .07N. , 14° 18' .71E.

		35° 52' .51N. , 14° 16' .87E.

		35° 52' .04N. , 14° 16' .20E.

		35° 51' .69N. , 14° 15' .48E.

		35° 51' .59N. , 14° 15' .09E.

		35° 51' .53N. , 14° 14' .68E.

		35° 51' .54N. , 14° 14' .36E.
		
	11.	 C – Libya (Tarabulus, Misratah and Banghazi) to Greece (Kolpos and Irakleion), Cyprus (Ktima) and Egypt (Port Said) [183, 775, 849, 1038, 1091, 1093, 1657, 2578, 3352, 3401, 3402, 3403, 3678]:
		
		32° 51' .0N. , 13° 27' .4E.

		32° 54' .2N. , 13° 30' .2E.

		32° 55' .6N. , 13° 31' .7E.

		32° 57' .1N. , 13° 33' .6E.

		32° 59' .5N. , 13° 34' .6E.

		33° 03' .9N. , 13° 34' .8E.

		33° 14' .9N. , 13° 36' .1E.
		
	12.	 and
		
		32° 32' .2N. , 14° 59' .2E.

		32° 29' .9N. , 14° 56' .8E.

		32° 26' .0N. , 14° 55' .1E.
		
	13.	 and
		
		32° 10' .3N. , 19° 47' .6E.

		32° 06' .8N. , 19° 49' .4E.

		32° 05' .5N. , 19° 50' .5E.

		32° 04' .6N. , 19° 51' .8E.

		32° 04' .0N. , 19° 53' .5E.

		32° 03' .87N. , 19° 55' .61E.

		32° 04' .18N. , 19° 58' .63E.

		32° 04' .13N. , 20° 02' .09E.

		32° 04' .00N. , 20° 02' .43E.
		
	14.	 and
		
		37° 51' .80N. , 24° 02' .40E.

		37° 51' .88N. , 24° 02' .69E.

		37° 51' .85N. , 24° 03' .03E.

		37° 51' .31N. , 24° 04' .83E.

		37° 49' .03N. , 24° 10' .08E.

		37° 48' .26N. , 24° 10' .92E.

		37° 47' .03N. , 24° 11' .91E.

		37° 45' .04N. , 24° 12' .32E.

		37° 44' .56N. , 24° 12' .63E.

		37° 41' .75N. , 24° 12' .97E.

		37° 38' .83N. , 24° 12' .89E.

		37° 38' .33N. , 24° 12' .73E.
		
	15.	 and
		
		35° 19' .91N. , 25° 11' .73E.

		35° 20' .10N. , 25° 11' .81E.

		35° 20' .43N. , 25° 12' .11E.

		35° 21' .23N. , 25° 12' .29E.

		35° 21' .79N. , 25° 12' .56E.

		35° 22' .55N. , 25° 12' .67E.

		35° 23' .11N. , 25° 12' .48E.

		35° 23' .56N. , 25° 12' .07E.

		35° 24' .64N. , 25° 11' .08E.
		
	16.	 and
		
		34° 44' .01N. , 32° 26' .98E.

		34° 43' .98N. , 32° 26' .93E.

		34° 43' .94N. , 32° 26' .91E.

		34° 43' .37N. , 32° 26' .80E.

		34° 43' .28N. , 32° 26' .75E.

		34° 43' .19N. , 32° 26' .68E.

		34° 43' .13N. , 32° 26' .59E.

		34° 42' .65N. , 32° 25' .59E.

		34° 42' .43N. , 32° 25' .38E.

		34° 41' .55N. , 32° 25' .08E.

		34° 40' .58N. , 32° 25' .12E.

		34° 39' .99N. , 32° 24' .89E.

		34° 39' .58N. , 32° 24' .54E.
		
	17.	 and
		
		31° 16' .41N. , 32° 18' .08E.

		31° 16' .53N. , 32° 18' .08E.

		31° 19' .16N. , 32° 16' .18E.

		31° 19' .66N. , 32° 16' .36E.

		31° 20' .41N. , 32° 16' .15E.

		31° 20' .77N. , 32° 15' .70E.

		31° 27' .47N. , 32° 13' .02E.

		31° 28' .16N. , 32° 11' .90E.

		31° 28' .71N. , 32° 10' .18E.

		31° 28' .88N. , 32° 09' .97E.

		31° 30' .92N. , 32° 09' .06E.

		31° 31' .03N. , 32° 07' .86E.

		31° 31' .21N. , 32° 07' .23E.

		31° 33' .07N. , 32° 05' .82E.

		31° 33' .20N. , 32° 04' .76E.

		31° 33' .43N. , 32° 04' .08E.

		31° 35' .46N. , 32° 02' .09E.

		31° 35' .56N. , 32° 01' .78E.

		31° 35' .41N. , 32° 00' .55E.

		31° 35' .45N. , 31° 59' .95E.

		31° 35' .77N. , 31° 59' .29E.

		31° 36' .31N. , 31° 58' .87E.

		31° 37' .27N. , 31° 58' .57E.

		31° 37' .83N. , 31° 58' .16E.

		31° 38' .85N. , 31° 58' .01E.
		
	18.	 and
		
		31° 39' .23N. , 31° 57' .87E.

		31° 39' .52N. , 31° 57' .61E.

		31° 40' .03N. , 31° 57' .22E.

		31° 41' .67N. , 31° 56' .42E.

		31° 42' .41N. , 31° 56' .22E.

		31° 46' .70N. , 31° 54' .15E.

		31° 47' .11N. , 31° 54' .00E.

		31° 47' .44N. , 31° 54' .09E.

		31° 47' .72N. , 31° 54' .31E.

		31° 48' .03N. , 31° 54' .39E.

		31° 48' .34N. , 31° 54' .28E.

		31° 49' .37N. , 31° 53' .06E.

		31° 52' .77N. , 31° 47' .30E.

		31° 53' .55N. , 31° 45' .60E.

		31° 53' .84N. , 31° 45' .42E.

		31° 54' .74N. , 31° 45' .43E.

		31° 55' .11N. , 31° 45' .27E.

		31° 57' .5N. , 31° 41' .4E.

		31° 58' .7N. , 31° 41' .2E.

		32° 00' .4N. , 31° 38' .8E.

		32° 01' .4N. , 31° 38' .5E.

		32° 02' .8N. , 31° 37' .9E.

		32° 03' .5N. , 31° 37' .8E.
		
	19.	 Vessels are advised to monitor NAVAREA III; also local warnings and Notices to Mariners of other nations for the latest information regarding the cable laying activity.
		
	20.	 Vessels should give the cable laying vessels a wide berth and avoid anchoring or trawling in the vicinity of the cable.
		
	21.	 For further information regarding submarine cables, see The Mariner's Handbook (NP100).
		
	22.	 Charts will be updated when works are complete.

	         (WGS84 DATUM)