Possible unexploded ordnance: a. within five miles of 40-48.6N 018-51.1E
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1039/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-05-25 18:47Z
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 TARANTO 563/99 211615Z MAY 1999. Issued 1999-05-21 17:39Z. 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
- 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Possible unexploded ordnance: a. within five miles of 40-48.6N 018-51.1Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 1999-05-21 17:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARIDIPART TARANTO 563/99 211615Z MAY 1999
- issued by
- MARIDIPART TARANTO
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 41.608, 18.313
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
POSSIBLE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE: A. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 40-48.6N 018-51.1E. B. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 39-49.0N 019-00.0E. C. WITHIN FOUR MILES OF 41-46.5N 016-32.3E. D. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 41-20.0N 018-44.0E. E. IN AREA BOUND BY 41-45.0N 018-05.0E, 41-45.0N 018-20.0E, 41-28.0N 018-31.0E, 41-28.0N 018-19.0E.
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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
19 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.
- Bombing exercises 011201Z to 282359Z feb within 25 miles of 38-38N 018-32E2010-01-31
- 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
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 19:52Z; 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.