Exercises

Hazardous operations 1900Z to 0200Z commencing daily 18 thru 26 jun in areas bound by: a. 69-18.5N…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 126/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-06-22 07:48Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XIX 67/18 151829Z JUN 18.. Issued 2018-06-15 19:32Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Norwegian Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 9 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2018-06-18 19:00Z2018-06-19 02:00Z—7 h
2018-06-19 19:00Z2018-06-20 02:00Z—7 h
2018-06-20 19:00Z2018-06-21 02:00Z—7 h
2018-06-21 19:00Z2018-06-22 02:00Z—7 h
2018-06-22 19:00Z2018-06-23 02:00Z—7 h
2018-06-23 19:00Z2018-06-24 02:00Z—7 h
2018-06-24 19:00Z2018-06-25 02:00Z—7 h
2018-06-25 19:00Z2018-06-26 02:00Z—7 h
… 1 more

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2018-06-15 19:32Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-06-27 03:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 67/18 151829Z JUN 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
70.020, 15.188
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1900Z TO 0200Z
   COMMENCING DAILY 18 THRU 26 JUN
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 69-18.5N 015-52.0E, 69-26.1N 014-57.4E,
      70-13.8N 012-40.9E, 70-48.7N 015-58.3E,
      69-53.6N 016-40.3E, 69-28.8N 016-43.2E,
      69-18.5N 015-52.0E.
   B. 69-22.5N 015-50.6E, 69-44.4N 016-10.1E,
      69-39.2N 017-13.4E, 69-26.3N 016-57.2E,
      69-21.2N 016-32.0E, 69-22.5N 015-50.6E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270300Z JUN 18.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Hazardous operations
NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

53 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:34Z; source collection times vary.

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.