Exercises

Hazardous operations

Arctic · Barents Sea · HYDROARC 19/16

issued
2016-03-15 08:47Z
status
cancelled 2016-03-19 17:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2016-03-19 17:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XX 28/16 150530Z MAR 16.
sea
Barentsz Sea
position
70.523, 38.727
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
BARENTS SEA.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0800Z TO 1600Z DAILY
   17 THRU 19 MAR IN AREA BOUND BY
   71-30N 038-00E, 71-30N 042-00E,
   69-45N 042-00E, 69-45N 034-00E,
   70-00N 034-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 191700Z MAR 16.

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-03-17 08:00Z2016-03-17 16:00Z8 h
2016-03-18 08:00Z2016-03-18 16:00Z8 h
2016-03-19 08:00Z2016-03-19 16:00Z8 h

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

This area · military exercises

121 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

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.