Ordnance

Ordnance clearing operations in progress until further notice in areas: a. between 45-23.7N 45-25.7N and…

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1218/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-05-15 16:05Z

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) · NAVAREA III 156/00 060209Z APR 00. Issued 2000-04-06 21:15Z. 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.

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issued
2000-04-06 21:15Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 156/00 060209Z APR 00
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Adriatic Sea
position
42.983, 14.667
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ORDNANCE CLEARING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE IN AREAS:
   A. BETWEEN 45-23.7N 45-25.7N AND 012-43.0E 012-51.4E.
   B. BOUND BY 41-48.5N 016-52.1E, 41-48.8N 016-54.8E,
      41-43.9N 016-55.8E, 41-43.5N 016-53.2E.
   C. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 42-44.2N 015-23.3E.
   D. WITHIN FOUR MILES OF 41-46.5N 016-32.3E.
   E. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 44-47.3N 013-08.0E.
   F. WITHIN TWO MILES OF 44-05.0N 014-15.0E.
   G. WITHIN ONE MILE OF 42-30.0N 015-20.0E.
   H. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 44-00.0N 014-00.0E.
   I. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 43-09.6N 014-43.9E.
   J. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 43-00.0N 014-40.0E.
   K. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 42-58.0N 014-33.7E.
   L. WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 42-58.0N 014-46.3E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 690/00.

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.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

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

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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 12:24Z; 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.