Exercises

Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 30 aug thru 08 sep in areas bound by: a. 69-31.50N 016-45.00E,…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 190/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-09-07 14:51Z

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 112/23 291936Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-29 19:47Z. 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 · 10 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2023-08-30 08:00Z2023-08-30 18:00Z—10 h
2023-08-31 08:00Z2023-08-31 18:00Z—10 h
2023-09-01 08:00Z2023-09-01 18:00Z—10 h
2023-09-02 08:00Z2023-09-02 18:00Z—10 h
2023-09-03 08:00Z2023-09-03 18:00Z—10 h
2023-09-04 08:00Z2023-09-04 18:00Z—10 h
2023-09-05 08:00Z2023-09-05 18:00Z—10 h
2023-09-06 08:00Z2023-09-06 18:00Z—10 h
… 2 more

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

issued
2023-08-29 19:47Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-09-08 19:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 112/23 291936Z AUG 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
69.727, 15.159
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 0800Z TO 1800Z
   DAILY 30 AUG THRU 08 SEP IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 69-31.50N 016-45.00E, 69-31.50N 016-13.00E,
      69-21.00N 016-13.00E, 69-21.00N 016-45.00E.
   B. 70-24.47N 016-08.78E, 70-13.52N 013-38.21E,
      69-26.02N 013-01.85E, 69-05.96N 015-09.48E,
      69-20.33N 016-02.33E, 69-32.22N 017-12.64E.
   C. 70-24.49N 016-08.78E, 70-17.57N 014-32.47E,
      69-23.25N 014-48.93E, 69-06.02N 015-09.49E,
      69-20.71N 016-03.17E, 69-32.22N 017-12.64E.
   D. 69-46.00N 016-14.54E, 69-59.00N 015-37.54E,
      69-31.00N 014-17.54E, 69-18.00N 014-54.54E.
   E. 69-13.88N 016-51.19E, 69-14.59N 016-58.04E,
      69-19.88N 016-52.11E, 69-28.71N 016-51.82E,
      69-19.24N 016-19.17E, 69-21.91N 016-11.61E,
      69-06.62N 016-05.24E, 69-01.83N 015-57.05E,
      69-01.75N 016-12.04E, 69-08.56N 016-50.56E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081900Z SEP 23.

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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:30Z; 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.