Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1100Z daily 20 thru 28 dec in area bound by 69-43.00N 038-36.00E, 68-45.00N…
White Sea · HYDROARC 319/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-12-28 12:00Z
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 192/23 151832Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-15 19:34Z. 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
- White 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.
Activity windows · 9 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-20 08:00Z | 2023-12-20 11:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2023-12-21 08:00Z | 2023-12-21 11:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2023-12-22 08:00Z | 2023-12-22 11:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2023-12-23 08:00Z | 2023-12-23 11:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2023-12-24 08:00Z | 2023-12-24 11:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2023-12-25 08:00Z | 2023-12-25 11:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2023-12-26 08:00Z | 2023-12-26 11:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2023-12-27 08:00Z | 2023-12-27 11:00Z | — | 3 h |
| … 1 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-12-15 19:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-12-28 12:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 192/23 151832Z DEC 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- White Sea
- position
- 67.495, 40.866
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BARENTS SEA. WHITE SEA. RUSSIA. DNC 22. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0800Z TO 1100Z DAILY 20 THRU 28 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 69-43.00N 038-36.00E, 68-45.00N 042-23.00E, 68-39.00N 043-18.00E, 68-34.00N 043-50.00E, 68-32.00N 044-15.00E, 68-21.00N 044-04.00E, 66-46.00N 042-35.00E, 66-43.00N 042-30.00E, 66-30.00N 042-20.00E, 64-33.00N 039-39.00E, 66-09.50N 039-21.00E, 68-18.50N 038-50.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281200Z DEC 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
11 within 180 nm since 2016 · 1 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.
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1900Z daily 01 thru 06 oct in area bound by 69-40.00N 035-20.00E, 69-40.00N…2026-09-28
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 1500Z daily 23 to 24 nov in area bound by 68-40.50N 043-25.00E, 69-30.00N…2023-11-18
- Hazardous operations 0400Z to 1400Z daily 13 and 14 jul in area bound by 69-40.00N 036-40.00E, 69-20.00N…2023-07-10
- Hazardous operations 01 may to 30 oct by M/V northern wave and M/V yauza in area bound by 69-12.87N…2022-04-30
- Gunnery exercises 0500Z to 1900Z daily 24 thru 27 jan in area bound by 69-40.0N 035-50.0E, 69-40.0N…2022-01-19
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1900Z daily 09 thru 11 jun in area bound by 69-40.0N 035-20.0E, 69-40.0N…2021-06-04
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
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 08:34Z; 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.