Gunnery exercises 292300Z to 291400Z sep, alternate 2300Z to 1400Z daily 30 sep thru 03 oct in area bound by…
Kara Sea · HYDROARC 259/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-10-04 15:00Z
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 155/21 281731Z SEP 21.. Issued 2021-09-28 17:38Z. 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
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-29 23:00Z | 2021-09-29 14:00Z | — | 735 h |
| 2021-09-30 23:00Z | 2021-10-01 14:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2021-10-01 23:00Z | 2021-10-02 14:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2021-10-02 23:00Z | 2021-10-03 14:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2021-10-03 23:00Z | 2021-10-04 14:00Z | — | 15 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-09-28 17:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-10-04 15:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 155/21 281731Z 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 292300Z TO 291400Z SEP, ALTERNATE 2300Z TO 1400Z DAILY 30 SEP THRU 03 OCT 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 HYDROARC 246/21. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 041500Z 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROARC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Arctic Ocean.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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 2300Z to 1400Z daily 29 and 30 sep in area bound by 77-38.0N 103-21.0E, 77-52.0N…2021-09-23
- 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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:48Z; 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.