Unexploded ordnance reported within five miles of 43-58.3N 014-15.0E
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1001/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-05-26 14:21Z
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) · MARIDIPART ANCONA 12/99 171413Z MAY 99. Issued 1999-05-17 18:19Z. 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
- Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 43.972, 14.250 with a 5.0 nm radius. 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
- Possible unexploded ordnance: a. within five miles of 45-15.0N 013-00.0Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 1999-05-17 18:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARIDIPART ANCONA 12/99 171413Z MAY 99
- issued by
- MARIDIPART ANCONA
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 43.972, 14.250 · r 5.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 54140 (7TH ED). UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE REPORTED WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 43-58.3N 014-15.0E.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
47 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Unexploded ordnance in 43-32.762N 010-13.003E2000-08-28
- Ordnance clearing operations in progress until further notice within one mile of 45-20.4N 012-57.0E2000-04-14
- Ordnance clearing operations in progress until further notice in areas: a. between 45-23.7N 45-25.7N and…2000-04-06
- Ordnance clearing operations in progress until further notice within five miles of 44-47.3N 013-11.8E2000-02-26
- Ordnance clearing operations in progress until further notice within: a. five miles of 42-44.2N 015-23.3E2000-02-24
- Ordnance clearing operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 44-45.3N 013-02.0E, 44-45.3N…2000-02-22
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:28Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.