Exercises

Hazardous operations 1600Z to 2100Z aug daily 02 thru 13 sep in area bound by 68-56.40N 014-16.50E,…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 191/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-09-11 18:34Z

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 90/19 272019Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-27 20:33Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →

issued
2019-08-27 20:33Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-09-13 22:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 90/19 272019Z AUG 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
69.480, 15.703
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 1600Z TO 2100Z AUG DAILY
   02 THRU 13 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
   68-56.40N 014-16.50E, 69-39.78N 014-57.15E,
   69-53.59N 015-40.83E, 69-51.68N 016-33.37E,
   69-33.39N 017-16.64E, 69-29.12N 017-05.83E,
   69-22.33N 016-44.67E, 69-21.54N 016-30.74E,
   69-15.61N 016-11.83E, 69-18.19N 016-06.93E,
   69-21.85N 016-16.98E, 69-23.76N 016-02.21E,
   69-19.27N 015-47.81E, 69-05.55N 015-19.19E,
   69-05.78N 015-01.82E, 69-02.79N 014-52.07E,
   68-56.07N 014-39.85E, 68-54.05N 014-24.03E,
   68-56.40N 014-16.50E, 68-56.40N 014-16.50E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 132200Z SEP 19.

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 2026-10-03 20:07Z; 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.