Exercises

Hazardous operations 1900Z to 0200Z commencing daily 28 may thru 01 jun in areas bound by: a. 70-02.1N…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 92/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-06-01 08:22Z

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 53/18 250631Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-25 09:27Z. 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.

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Activity windows · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2018-05-28 19:00Z2018-05-29 02:00Z—7 h
2018-05-29 19:00Z2018-05-30 02:00Z—7 h
2018-05-30 19:00Z2018-05-31 02:00Z—7 h
2018-05-31 19:00Z2018-06-01 02:00Z—7 h
2018-06-01 19:00Z2018-06-02 02:00Z—7 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2018-05-25 09:27Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-06-02 03:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 53/18 250631Z MAY 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
69.795, 13.836
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 21, DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1900Z TO 0200Z COMMENCING
   DAILY 28 MAY THRU 01 JUN IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 70-02.1N 017-03.1E, 70-58.8N 014-24.8E,
      69-38.8N 010-10.2E, 68-38.4N 012-48.6E.
   B. 69-08.0N 016-16.3E, 69-08.0N 016-37.6E,
      69-14.2N 016-49.3E, 69-22.4N 016-52.6E,
      69-24.2N 016-56.7E, 69-29.8N 017-12.2E,
      69-39.3N 017-18.0E, 69-52.0N 016-25.0E,
      69-26.0N 014-58.9E, 69-21.5N 015-29.7E,
      69-27.6N 015-49.0E, 69-24.3N 016-16.4E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 020300Z JUN 18.

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

54 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 21:22Z; 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.