What does the circle icon mean?

[thephalanx1453]

I'm not allowed to post pictures.

It's the little circle with a dot in the middle. I mostly see them next to anchor icons, but sometimes they're by themselves and sometimes anchor icons don't have them.

They look like this: ⦿

Thanks in advance

[Chris21wen]

Known minefields

[rustysi]

I'm not allowed to post pictures.

You will be once you've made a few more posts.

[Ian R]

I think it's ten posts, but reply to this and rustysi's a few times each and you should be near good to go.

[thephalanx1453]

Thanks all[:)]

[Shellshock]

Yeah, I always thought it maybe an oversight that the page in the manual that explains map icons neglects to tell you there is a minefield right there in the picture.

[btd64]

That circle is the presence of detected mines....GP

[Trugrit]

The Task Forces carry the Icon as well.

If you have Good Screen Resolution you can see the Colors.

Allied Green
Japanese Red

[BBfanboy]

One thing you might run into is varying colours for the mine symbol. By shifting the map view left and right I have seen a minefield symbol use every country colour in the game. It might be an anomaly related to need for a restart to fix bleeding memory issues.
It can be disconcerting to see an enemy coloured minefield on one of your ports, assume it was laid by a sub, and spend several turns trying to sweep it! [:D]