Exercises

Gunnery exercises in progress until 31 dec in area bound by 35-28.77N 024-10.27E, 35-28.17N 024-10.43E,…

Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 10/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-10-03 17:42Z

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 III 7/17 011211Z JAN 17.. Issued 2017-01-01 12:39Z. 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
Aegean 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Aegean Sea →

issued
2017-01-01 12:39Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 7/17 011211Z JAN 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Aegean Sea
position
35.472, 24.169
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AEGEAN SEA.
GUNNERY.
DNC 09.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES IN PROGRESS UNTIL 31 DEC
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   35-28.77N 024-10.27E, 35-28.17N 024-10.43E,
   35-27.98N 024-09.63E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JAN 18.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

751 within 180 nm since 1998 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

10 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 09:23Z; 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.