Ordnance

Unexploded ordnance within five miles of 44-30N 013-30E

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1187/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-06-15 18:57Z

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 51/99 081155Z JUN 99. Issued 1999-06-08 20:10Z. 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 44.500, 13.500 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.

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issued
1999-06-08 20:10Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MARIDIPART ANCONA 51/99 081155Z JUN 99
issued by
MARIDIPART ANCONA
sea
Adriatic Sea
position
44.500, 13.500 · r 5.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 44-30N 013-30E.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

60 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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02

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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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 2026-10-02 10:08Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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