Gunnery exercises 0500Z to 1700Z daily 18 and 19 may in area bound by 43-13N 014-19E, 43-25N 014-33E, 43-11N…
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1002/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-05-19 18:00Z
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) · MARIDIPART ANCONA 13/99 171412Z MAY 99. Issued 1999-05-17 18:42Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 1999-05-17 18:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 1999-05-19 18:00Z
- authority
- MARIDIPART ANCONA 13/99 171412Z MAY 99
- issued by
- MARIDIPART ANCONA
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 43.272, 14.594
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0500Z TO 1700Z DAILY 18 AND 19 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 43-13N 014-19E, 43-25N 014-33E, 43-11N 014-55E, 42-59 014-41E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 191800Z MAY.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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
106 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.
- Hazardous operations 021100Z to 031600Z jun in areas bound by: a. 45-15.6N 012-45.2E, 45-18.2N 012-54.1E,…2021-05-31
- Hazardous operations 0900Z to 1600Z daily 21 thru 23 apr in vicinity 45-35.72N 013-36.70E2021-04-19
- Hazardous operations 201100Z to 201700Z apr in area bound by 45-17.0N 012-52.0E, 45-17.0N 012-57.0E,…2021-04-19
- Hazardous operations 201100Z to 201700Z daily in area bound by 45-17.0N 012-52.0E, 45-17.0N 012-57.0E,…2021-04-15
- Hazardous operations 261100Z to 261700Z nov in area bound by 45-17.0N 012-52.0E, 45-17.0N 012-57.0E,…2019-11-22
- Hazardous operations 1000Z to 1600Z daily 19, 26 and 27 nov in area bound by 45-17.0N 012-52.5E, 45-17.0N…2019-11-15
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
31 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 04:19Z; 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.