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Mine operations in progress until further notice within five miles of 45-15N 013-00E

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1009/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-05-19 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) · MARIDIPART ANCONA 15/99 171547Z MAY 99; NAVAREA III 194/99 191305Z MAY 99. Issued 1999-05-18 13:00Z. 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 45.250, 13.000 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Adriatic Sea →

issued
1999-05-18 13:00Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MARIDIPART ANCONA 15/99 171547Z MAY 99; NAVAREA III 194/99 191305Z MAY 99
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
issued by
MARIDIPART ANCONA
sea
Adriatic Sea
position
45.250, 13.000 · r 5.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MINE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WITHIN
FIVE MILES OF 45-15N 013-00E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.

Reading this warning

Mines and mine danger areas
Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · other warnings

37 within 180 nm since 1996 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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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A
M
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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

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:28Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.