Exercises

Hazardous operations: a. 051900Z to 080200Z sep in area bound by 69-00.0N 012-18.0E, 70-17.0N 016-15.5E,…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 162/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-09-08 06:46Z

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 87/20 280635Z AUG 20.. Issued 2020-08-28 09:37Z. 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 · 15 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2020-08-31 19:00Z2020-09-01 02:00Z—7 h
2020-09-01 11:00Z2020-09-01 14:00Z—3 h
2020-09-01 19:00Z2020-09-02 02:00Z—7 h
2020-09-02 11:00Z2020-09-02 14:00Z—3 h
2020-09-02 19:00Z2020-09-03 02:00Z—7 h
2020-09-03 11:00Z2020-09-03 14:00Z—3 h
2020-09-03 19:00Z2020-09-04 02:00Z—7 h
2020-09-04 11:00Z2020-09-04 14:00Z—3 h
… 7 more

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

issued
2020-08-28 09:37Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-09-09 03:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 87/20 280635Z AUG 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
70.259, 12.442
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 21, DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
   A. 051900Z TO 080200Z SEP
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      69-00.0N 012-18.0E, 70-17.0N 016-15.5E,
      72-19.5N 013-54.5E, 69-17.0N 006-37.0E.
   B. 1900Z TO 0200Z COMMENCING DAILY
      02 THRU 03 SEP
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      68-49.0N 015-46.0E, 68-53.0N 015-39.0E,
      69-00.0N 015-44.0E, 69-03.0N 015-55.0E,
      69-12.0N 016-12.0E, 69-19.0N 016-12.0E,
      69-25.0N 016-04.0E, 69-38.0N 016-17.0E,
      69-30.0N 016-48.0E, 69-14.0N 016-58.0E,
      68-58.0N 016-11.0E, 68-54.0N 016-13.0E,
      68-50.0N 016-04.0E.
   C. 1100Z TO 1400Z DAILY 01 THRU 05 SEP
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      69-17.8N 016-33.0E, 69-16.0N 016-54.0E,
      69-10.0N 016-42.0E, 69-11.0N 016-34.0E,
      69-15.0N 016-31.0E.
   D. 1900Z TO 0200Z COMMENCING DAILY
      31 AUG TO 08 SEP
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      69-24.0N 016-05.0E, 69-15.0N 016-18.0E,
      69-15.0N 016-42.0E, 69-24.0N 016-55.0E,
      69-38.0N 016-55.0E, 69-38.0N 016-05.0E.
   E. 1900Z TO 0200Z COMMENCING DAILY
      31 AUG TO 08 SEP
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      69-53.5N 014-26.5E, 69-20.0N 015-22.0E,
      69-38.0N 016-49.0E, 70-11.0N 015-54.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 090300Z SEP 20.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

54 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 2026-10-03 18:46Z; 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.