Exercises

Hazardous operations 0900Z to 1500Z daily 02 and 03 nov in areas within four miles of: a. 70-42.10N 031-21.03E

Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 303/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-11-02 16:30Z

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 138/21 291830Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-29 09:14Z. 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
Barentsz Sea. The parsed report position is 70.860, 31.459. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Barentsz Sea →

issued
2021-10-29 09:14Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-11-03 16:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 138/21 291830Z OCT 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Barentsz Sea
position
70.860, 31.459
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BARENTS SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0900Z TO 1500Z DAILY
   02 AND 03 NOV IN AREAS WITHIN FOUR MILES OF:
   A. 70-42.10N 031-21.03E.
   B. 71-01.08N 031-34.01E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 031600Z NOV 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.
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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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

126 within 180 nm since 2009 · 5 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

10 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 07:58Z; 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.