Gunnery exercises 110600Z to 110800Z, 111200Z to 111400Z, 111800Z to 112000Z and 121200Z to 121600Z may in…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1285/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-05-12 17:00Z
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 462/21 110005Z MAY 21.. Issued 2021-05-11 00:18Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-11 06:00Z | 2021-05-11 08:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2021-05-11 12:00Z | 2021-05-11 14:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2021-05-11 18:00Z | 2021-05-11 20:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2021-05-12 12:00Z | 2021-05-12 16:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-05-11 00:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-05-12 17:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 462/21 110005Z MAY 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 33.926, 33.078
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. CYPRUS-SOUTH COAST. DNC 10. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 110600Z TO 110800Z, 111200Z TO 111400Z, 111800Z TO 112000Z AND 121200Z TO 121600Z MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 33-40.73N 032-46.35E, 34-10.52N 032-46.17E, 34-10.37N 033-23.17E, 33-40.58N 033-23.10E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 121700Z MAY 21.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1129 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 180600Z to 182200Z jul in area bound by 34-18.88N 035-40.27E, 34-19.31N 035-39.15E,…2023-07-18
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2000Z daily on 25 and 26 jan in areas bound by: a. 32-53.00N 029-59.00E,…2023-01-20
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2100Z daily 23 and 24 jan in area bound by 32-53.00N 034-40.00E, 32-33.00N…2023-01-20
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 1500Z daily 12 and 13 jan in area bound by 36-04.00N 035-08.00E, 36-09.00N…2023-01-09
- Hazardous operations 0900Z to 1600Z daily 06 and 07 dec in area bound by 36-09.00N 035-14.15E, 36-09.00N…2022-12-02
- Hazardous operations 240200Z oct to 032100Z nov 22 in area bound by 35-50.73N 032-46.82E, 35-36.55N…2022-10-23
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
- Odas buoy 33-33.41N 031-55.09E reported missingNav aids · 62 nm
- Scientific research and underwater operations by vessels r/v oruc reis, denar pathfinder, denar echo and…Surveys · 111.6 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until 25 oct by M/V denar echo, M/V oruc reis, M/V kirici and M/V denar…Surveys · 111.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 08:18Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
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.