Mines

Two mines adrift vicinity 45-07.5N 036-37.1E

Sea of Azov · HYDROLANT 1255/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-08-04 00:00Z

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 391/04 291200Z JUL 04.. Issued 2004-07-29 15:29Z. 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: Sea of Azov. The parsed report position is 45.125, 36.618. 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 Sea of Azov →

issued: 2004-07-29 15:29Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA III 391/04 291200Z JUL 04.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Sea of Azov
position: 45.125, 36.618
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. TWO MINES ADRIFT VICINITY 45-07.5N 036-37.1E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 04 AUG.

Reading this warning

Mines and mine danger areas: Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · mine warnings

4 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

Mine adrift vicinity 44-48.3N 033-24.7E at 150855Z mar2005-03-15
Mine adrift in 44-13.9N 033-23.3E at 201150Z sep2004-09-21
Mine adrift vicinity 44-36.3N 037-55.4E at 071330Z aug2003-08-10

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

8 mine warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 11:47Z; source collection times vary.

Mines

Drifting or reported sea mines. Mostly the Black Sea since 2022. All current mine 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.