Unexploded ordnance reported within three miles of 42-48N 015-16E
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1025/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-11-05 10:15Z
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 21/99 191905Z MAY 99. Issued 1999-05-19 20:36Z. 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 42.800, 15.267 with a 3.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 1999-05-19 20:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARIDIPART ANCONA 21/99 191905Z MAY 99
- issued by
- MARIDIPART ANCONA
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 42.800, 15.267 · r 3.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE REPORTED WITHIN THREE MILES OF 42-48N 015-16E.
Reading this warning
- 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
44 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.
- Underwater ordnance detonations 200001Z to 212359Z jun in area bound by 41-21N 017-27E, 41-17N 017-39E,…2001-06-15
- Ordnance detonations 0700Z to 1600Z daily 29 and 30 nov in area bound by 42-09N 016-00E, 42-41N 016-20E,…2000-11-24
- Ordnance drop exercises 160400Z to 161800Z oct within 20 miles of 41-20N 018-30E2000-10-11
- Ordnance drop exercises 150400Z to 151800Z oct within 20 miles of 41-20N 018-30E2000-10-10
- Unexploded ordnance in 41-21-33N 016-20-00E2000-08-09
- Ordnance clearing operations in progress until further notice in areas: a. between 45-23.7N 45-25.7N and…2000-04-06
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.