Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 1400Z daily 29 and 30 sep in area bound by 77-38.0N 103-21.0E, 77-52.0N…
Kara Sea · HYDROARC 246/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-09-28 17:38Z
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 XX 145/21 231728Z SEP 21.. Issued 2021-09-23 18:05Z. 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
- Kara 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
- issued
- 2021-09-23 18:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-10-01 15:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 145/21 231728Z SEP 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Kara Sea
- position
- 77.770, 103.766
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
LAPTEV SEA. KARA SEA. RUSSIA. DNC 22. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 2300Z TO 1400Z DAILY 29 AND 30 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 77-38.0N 103-21.0E, 77-52.0N 103-21.0E, 77-52.0N 104-15.0E, 77-43.2N 104-15.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 011500Z OCT 21.
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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
5 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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.
- Gunnery exercises 0200Z to 0700Z and 1400Z to 1900Z daily 03 and 04 sep in areas bound by: a. 77-55.00N…2022-08-30
- Gunnery exercises 292300Z to 291400Z sep, alternate 2300Z to 1400Z daily 30 sep thru 03 oct in area bound by…2021-09-28
- Hazardous operations 132100Z to 152100Z sep and 152100Z to 172100Z sep in area bound by 77-55.2N 099-35.0E,…2020-09-09
- Hazardous operations 122100Z to 130700Z, 131800Z to 140600Z and 141700Z to 150400Z jul in areas: a. 78-40.0N…2009-07-09
Month of issue in the collected archive
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:49Z; 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.